{"id":4686,"date":"2025-06-30T12:34:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T07:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=4686"},"modified":"2025-06-30T12:34:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T07:34:45","slug":"senate-rejects-bid-to-limit-trumps-war-powers-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/30\/senate-rejects-bid-to-limit-trumps-war-powers-on-iran","title":{"rendered":"Senate Rejects Bid to Limit Trump\u2019s War Powers on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"60\" data-end=\"299\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: The U.S. Senate has voted down a resolution seeking to restrict President Donald Trump\u2019s authority to initiate military action against Iran, dealing a blow to Democratic efforts to reassert congressional control over war powers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"657\">The motion, known as Senate Joint Resolution 59, failed with a 53-47 vote.<br \/>\nOnly one Democrat, Senator John Fetterman, opposed the measure, while Republican Senator Rand Paul broke ranks to support it.<br \/>\nThe resolution aimed to require congressional approval for any further hostilities, highlighting concerns over recent U.S. strikes on Iran\u2019s nuclear sites.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"697\">Trump Defiant as Tensions Escalate<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"699\" data-end=\"1037\">Trump had earlier warned of renewed bombing if Iran continued uranium enrichment.<br \/>\nHis remarks came after a 12-day conflict with Israel, which ended with U.S.-led airstrikes on Iran\u2019s nuclear infrastructure.<br \/>\nThe President insisted the damage inflicted was \u201cprofound,\u201d a claim met with skepticism by some lawmakers briefed on the operation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1039\" data-end=\"1266\">Republicans, however, defended Trump\u2019s actions.<br \/>\nSenator Bill Hagerty argued the president must retain flexibility during crises, stating, \u201cWe must not shackle our president in the middle of a crisis when lives are on the line.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1268\" data-end=\"1308\">Debate Over Constitutional Authority<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1310\" data-end=\"1566\">Senator Tim Kaine, who introduced the resolution, underscored that the U.S. Constitution reserves war declarations for Congress.<br \/>\nHe emphasized that unchecked military action undermines constitutional governance and increases the risk of prolonged conflict.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1568\" data-end=\"1709\">Despite past bipartisan support for similar measures, this resolution lacked the majority needed to overcome opposition and potential vetoes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1711\" data-end=\"1825\">The issue reignites the ongoing debate over presidential military authority and Congress\u2019s role in matters of war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The U.S. Senate has voted down a resolution seeking to restrict President Donald Trump\u2019s authority to initiate military action against Iran, dealing a blow to Democratic efforts to reassert congressional control over war powers. The motion, known as Senate Joint Resolution 59, failed with a 53-47 vote. Only one Democrat, Senator John Fetterman, opposed &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2120,2283,2282],"class_list":["post-4686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-trumpiran","tag-ussenate","tag-warpowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4688,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4686\/revisions\/4688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}