Senate Democrats scored another win in pushing back against President Donald Trump's war in Iran on Tuesday, but the symbolic victory won’t actually curb his war powers in the region. Aided by absences from Sen.Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Dave McCormick, R-Pa., Democrats and a handful of Republicans passed a war powers resolution rebuking the conflict in Iran.
It’s the same resolution that passed the House earlier this month in a rare display of House Republicans breaking with Trump. Sens.Rand Paul, R-Ky., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Bill Cassidy, R-La., joined nearly every Senate Democrat to adopt the resolution on a 50 to 48 vote. But unlike several previous attempts in the Senate to curb Trump’s authority, the House-passed measure does not carry any legally binding weight and won’t go to the president’s desk for his signature, where it would likely be vetoed. TRUMP SUFFERS RARE HOUSE DEFEAT AS BIPARTISAN VOTE MOVES TO WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM IRAN CONFLICTPresident Donald Trump is seen during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, June 3, 2026.
(Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Still, after stumbling last week, Democrats notched another victory against the war.The vote comes as Congress reels over the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between the U.S.and Iran that, for now, has allotted more time for officials to negotiate a longer-lasting peace deal.Many Republicans recoiled at the drip-feed of information coming out about the deal, with some comparing it to former President Barack Obama's own Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker, R-Miss., shredded the MOU in a statement Thursday in which he cautioned that the agreement "negotiates away the victories of Operation Epic Fury in ways that are completely out of step with the president's goals."TOP SENATE REPUBLICAN...