US Senate blocked the bump proposal to Trump’s military initiatives against Iran

The Senate of the United States, in which the majority of Republicans rejected, rejected the Democratic proposal aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s power to proceed with a military attack on Iran without the approval of Congress. The rejection came a few hours after the US president left open the possibility of new air bombings against Tehran. The vote (53 against, 47 in favor) rejected a resolution over the declaration of war, which brought back to the class of President Trump and predicted that Congress would need to be approved to order new hostilities against Iran. In general, the party lines were adhered to, but Democratic Senator John Ferman, who is elected to Pennsylvania, was opposed, while Republicans, including Rand Paul, who is elected in Kentucky, voted in favor. Democratic Senator Tim Caine, a key rapporteur of the resolution, has been trying for years to reaffirm Congress’s power to declare war, to take it back from both democrats and […]
Source: News Beast

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