WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Senate voted down an attempt to take away power from President Donald Trump to incite further military action in the Israel-Iran conflict.
Senators voted largely along party lines, except Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who voted with Democrats and Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who voted with Republicans.
Fetterman said he fully supported the strikes on Iran and that they made the world safer.
The resolution was put forth by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.
“I think the events of this week have demonstrated that war is too big to be consigned to the decisions of any one person,” said Kaine on the Senate floor.
War powers have sparked a debate on Capitol Hill for both Democrats and Republicans alike.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a staunch Trump ally, voiced her opposition in TV interviews and on social media.
“Six months in, Steve, and here we are, turning back on the campaign promises, and we bombed Iran on behalf of Israel, yes it was on behalf of Israel. We are entering a nuclear war, World War III,” she said on Steve Bannon’s War Room. “No American slept better after America bombed Iran, because all of a sudden we now have threats on our homeland.”
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., criticized the strikes as “unconstitutional.” He appeared on “Face the Nation” alongside Rep Ro Khanna, D-Calif.
“We haven’t been briefed. They should have called us all back and frankly we should have debated this war powers resolution that Ro Khanna and I offered instead of staying on vacation and doing fundraisers and saying ‘Oh well the president’s got this under control we’re going to seed our constitutional authority,'” Massie said.