The Senate on June 27 rejected a resolution by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) submitted in response to the United States’ bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities earlier in June.
Kaine’s resolution—being brought to the floor after a cease-fire in the 12 day conflict between Israel and Iran has already gone into effect—failed in a 47–53 vote. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) joined Republicans in voting down the measure.
The rejected resolution calls for an immediate retraction of funding and support for any military activity in the conflict by the United States. It would have forced the president to receive Congress’s approval before moving ahead with any new actions related to Iran, except in the case of defending against an imminent attack by Iran....
