The US Senate passed a resolution on Tuesday directing President Donald Trump to end US military action against Iran, marking a rare bipartisan rebuke of the White House while it pushes for peace with Tehran.
The largely symbolic resolution was voted 50-48 by the Republican-majority Senate, after earlier clearing the House of Representatives with Republican support.
As a “concurrent resolution,” it does not require Trump’s signature and carries disputed legal weight.
The vote reflected concern in Congress over a war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran in February.
It also is one of the handful of times Republicans have broken with the president to vote across the aisle, highlighting how some congressional members of Trump’s Republican Party are growing skeptical of US military operations against Iran.
Trump dismisses Congress resolution
Trump criticized the largely symbolic Congress resolution calling it “poorly timed and meaningless.”
“So, I have Iran on the ‘ropes,’ ready to go down for the fall…and the US Senate decides to have a poorly timed and meaningless War Powers Act Vote,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“These Senators have just made my job more difficult, but I will get it done, one way or the other, because I always get it done!”
House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Trump ally, called the vote a “very dangerous prospect” amid negotiations with Tehran.
The US and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February started a broader regional war involving Lebanon and Gulf statesImage: Marwan Naamani/ZUMA/picture alliance
Americans growing skeptical of Iran war
The vote came at a time when a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that three in four Americans don’t believe the war with Iran was worth the costs. A majority also said that a truce with Tehran is unlikely to be sustainable.
Some Republicans also expressed unease over the conflict and its economic costs, while Democrats maintain that the president violated the Constitution by launching military operations without congressional approval.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is trying to turn a preliminary peace agreement with Tehran into a final deal covering Iran’s nuclear program, sanctions relief and passage through the Strait of Hormuz. The negotiations are ongoing.
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Edited by: Rana Taha
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