A vessel is shown waiting to cross the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday off Muscat, Oman, as Iran continues to restrict access to the strait. On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate voted against another resolution seeking to curtail President Donald Trump's war powers in Iran. Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI | License Photo
May 13 (UPI) -- Three Republican senators joined most Senate Democrats on Wednesday in voting to advance a resolution directing President Donald Trump to remove U.S. forces from the Iran conflict, but the move failed by a vote of 49-50.
This was the seventh time since the start of the military conflict that a Democrat-sponsored resolution has sought to end hostilities unless Congress formally authorizes their continuation, CBS News reported. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; Rand Paul, R-Ky.; and Susan Collins, R-Maine, joined Democrats in voting to discharge the resolution from committee. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., was the only Democrat to vote against it.
The 1973 War Powers Act gives the U.S. president 48 hours to notify Congress in writing if deploying U.S. forces without a congressional declaration of war. U.S. forces attacked Iran on Feb. 28, with Trump notifying Congress on March 2.
