Washington – Senate on Friday voted for an attempt to block President Trump by using the military force against Iran, as on the lack of details about Democratic Anger Festers Recent attacks On the nuclear facilities of the country.
The remedy failed in 47–53 votes, with Republican Sen’s Rand Paul voted in favor of the resolution with most of the Democrats, and Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania voted against most Republicans against it.
Virginia’s Democratic Sen Tim Cin introduced War powers resolve Before the central bombing for Iran’s nuclear program at three places in the US, tried to force the President to achieve the Congress authority before entering the conflict between Israel and Iran.
“The events of this week have demonstrated that the war is very big for the decisions of a person on the Senate floor for war.”
Since the remedy was presented, Mr. Trump announced Ceasefire Among the opponents and declared that Iran’s atomic sites were “slanting” during the 12-day war. On Friday, Mr. Trump said that he would consider bombing Iran “without question” if Tehran was enriching uranium to a level which was related to America.
But anger from the Democrats, those who have said that Iran should never be able to get nuclear weapons, saying they say they have been left in the dark about American military functions.
It is inspired to question some Democrats whether the Trump administration is misleading the public about the attacks, especially after another Initial class assessment It was found that he set Tehran’s nuclear program back in some parts of the months. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump has stated that the nuclear program was originally set back.
Top intelligence officer Said on Wednesday That new intelligence showed that the nuclear program was “severely damaged” and its facilities were destroyed. ” CIA Director John Ratcliffe and National Intelligence Tulsi Gabard said that Iranians would take “years” to rebuild the facilities. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday called it a “historically successful attack” in a controversial press briefing.
The graded briefing for the Senate and House was originally scheduled for Tuesday, on the same day the initial assessment was leaked. Officials informed the senators on Thursday afternoon and members of the House on Friday.
A White House official said on Tuesday that Senate briefing was postponed due to “recent positive development in the Middle East” due to the conditions developed “.
After briefing, some democrats cast doubt Questioned the characterization of the administration’s strike and how much obstruction has been made in Iran’s nuclear program.
Connecticut Democrat, Sen Chris Murphy told reporters, “I still go away from that briefing that we have not destroyed the program.” “The President was deliberately misleading the public when he said the program was destroyed. It is certain that there are still important capacity, important equipment that remain.”
Colorado Democrat, who sat on the House Intelligence Committee, Rape Jason Crow said that the information mentioned in briefing “Whatever has been told to the Congress compared to last year is about Iranian abilities and Iranian intentions till a month ago.”
Crowe said that when he was destroyed by Iranian nuclear facilities, he was not convinced of “whatever it is”.
House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffrees, a New York Democrat, has participated against the lack of transparency and said that early this week, the administration did not present the Congress with any evidence that Iran had presented an adjacent threat to Iran.
But Jeffreys did not overcome a proposal to take Mr. Trump to the bomb blasts. He and more than 120 Democrats voted with all Republicans on Tuesday to kill the measurement offered by Democratic Rape Al Green in Texas.
The rape gym Hims of Connecticut of the House Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat also questioned the time of the strike.
“It is very clear that there was no adjacent threat to the United States,” Hims said. “There is always an Iranian threat to the world. But … I have not seen anything to suggest that the danger from Iranians was different compared to last Saturday.”
Cin’s resolve was one of similar efforts to pursue American participation in Iran, although it is not clear whether anyone would be successful in the Congress narrowly controlled by the Republican.
Some Republicans who initially were supporters of resolutions, such as rape. Thomas Massey of Kentaki, Looks to retreat As long as the struggle holds the break, the US does not bomb one by forcing one vote. And house speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, Efforts are called irrelevant Because Iran and Israel agreed to stop the fight.
“It’s now like a moot point, isn’t it?” Johnson said on Monday. “It seems foolish at this point and I hope they will accept it in this way and keep it on bed as it has a zero chance to pass anyway.”
Senate Majority Leader John Theun told The Wall Street Journal this week believes that Mr. Trump attacked Iran and acted “completely within his right”.
South Dakota Republican said, “I don’t think the President has the right to do legally and constitutionally what he did.” “There are always questions around these things, but previous presidents and both political parties have worked in similar circumstances where there have been air strikes at various places around the world where our national security interests have determined it.”
The Constitution empowers the Congress to declare war, and most of the major military conflicts in recent history have been initiated under an authority for the use of military force passed by the Congress. But the presidents have Acting from time to time Without clear permission from MPs, President Bill Clinton included in 1999 during the bombing of Yugoslavia and President Barack Obama. 2011 Libya airstrikesCongress Research Service Note.
Announcing his support for Cin’s resolve, Paul said that the Congress was abolishing its constitutional responsibility by allowing a President to perform unilateral tasks and warned that last week could have unexpected consequences of attacks.
“Despite the strategic success of our attacks, they can prove to be a strategic failure. It is not clear whether this intervention will completely stop Iran’s nuclear aspirations, or, in fact, in fact, Iranians can be well concluded to double their efforts to get nuclear weapons,” Paul said.
In protest against the resolution, people argued that Mr. Trump worked within his constitutional rights and this measure would disrupt the President’s ability to respond immediately to the threat.
In an interview with CBS News Major Garat, Cin admitted that his resolve could fail, but he said he wanted his colleagues to be on records about American participation in another war.
He said, “Everyone in the Senate should agree that it is a matter of gravity and importance that we should not allow the Congress to launch a war without the Congress and the members of the Senate and House for a complete debate.”
Nicole Killian and
Contributed to this report.
