Senate rejects 49-50 resolution to block Trump’s further Iran strikes

  • Senate rejected a resolution blocking President Donald Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran.
  • 49-50 was the Senate vote against the measure on Thursday.
  • Four Republicans supported the resolution after it passed the House in July.

The Senate on Thursday rejected a resolution that would have blocked President Donald Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran, voting 49-50 against it. The measure had passed the House in July. Four Republicans—Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Thom Tillis of North Carolina—joined Democrats in supporting the resolution, while Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the only Democrat to oppose it. The vote came as Republicans voiced growing concern about the war ahead of the midterm elections.

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