Attempt to vote to shorten Trump’s war thwarted in Senate by AIPAC control of Senators
Thu 7:37 am +00:00, 5 Mar 2026Senators confirm what we already knew: voting along party lines, they revealed they do not want to bear any responsibility for voting either in favor or against a war of choice. 53-47
Only Rand Paul and John Fetterman voted with the other party.
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I wasted over an hour watching the vote on this.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/
Republicans on Wednesday blocked a measure that would limit President Trump’s power to continue waging war against Iran without congressional authorization, turning back a bid by Democrats to insist that Congress weigh in on a sweeping and open-ended military campaign.
The 53-to-47 vote against taking up the measure was almost completely along party lines, reflecting a deep partisan divide on the Iran war as the Senate delivered the first clear test of congressional resolve since the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes, Operation Epic Fury, began across Iran four days ago.
Senators Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, and Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, tried to force action on the measure. They invoked a provision of the 1973 War Powers Act, which requires that resolutions to terminate offensive hostilities be considered under expedited procedures.
Many Dems knew they could safely vote “Aye” despite the money they take from AIPAC, because the votes had already been counted by their leadership and they knew they would be outvoted. What a system.
