"Now it’s time for the Senate to act," said CodePink's Medea Benjamin. "Let’s keep the pressure on and send this resolution to Trump’s desk. No more illegal wars. No more blank checks for militarism."

Defying President Trump, a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long war that has reordered politics at home and abroad.

The House passed a largely symbolic war powers resolution Wednesday over objections from Republican leaders that it would “weaken the president’s hand” in negotiations with Iran.