An advocate backing the Khanna\u2013Massie resolution noted that the 30-day time frame lines up with how long Trump has suggested the conflict might last.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is already a vote this week on Khanna\u2013Massie. Any representative that is actually against the war, that\u2019s the vehicle they should be voting for now, and not attempting to give Trump a blank check for 30 days,\u201d Cavan Kharrazian, a senior policy adviser at the progressive group Demand Progress, said Tuesday. \u201cWe have already seen in the past four days the death and destruction and escalation with this war. I can\u2019t even imagine what things look like in 30 days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Senate Shutout<\/p>\n
The war powers resolution in the Senate was the latest attempt to check Trump\u2019s growing appetite for foreign conflict. Relying on the War Powers Act of 1973, the resolution would have forced Trump to seek congressional approval to continue strikes.<\/p>\n
As with previous resolutions focused on boat strikes in the Caribbean and Trump\u2019s war on Venezuela, however, it fell short of obtaining the simple majority it needed despite support from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.<\/p>\n
Fetterman defected from the rest of the Democratic caucus to oppose the measure; he was also the only Democrat to vote against<\/a> a war powers resolution to block Trump\u2019s attacks on boats in the Caribbean and one to impose restrictions<\/a> after last summer\u2019s attacks on Iran.<\/p>\n Paul was the only Republican senator to vote for Wednesday\u2019s war powers bill. Republicans who have expressed skepticism of foreign intervention in the past seemed to learn a lesson from January, when Trump lashed out against GOP senators<\/a> who defected from the administration on a Venezuela war powers resolution.<\/p>\n Much of the debate on the Senate floor Wednesday centered on whether the conflict will be over relatively soon, as Trump has sometimes suggested. Democrats raised the specter of the conflict spiraling out for years, in the mold of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe only way that you will be able to destroy their capacity to make missiles and drones is to be permanently running jets overhead and constantly bombing the new sites that the hard-line regime sets up. That\u2019s endless war. That\u2019s trillions of dollars,\u201d said Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.<\/p>\n Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., pushed back against that argument in his floor remarks.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not an aimless exercise in the Middle East. This is a measured campaign to eliminate the ayatollah\u2019s threat. It may take time to finish. We\u2019re not going to put a time limit on it. That does not make it endless,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n In a show of force meant to convey the gravity of the moment, Democrats packed the chamber during the vote count, while members of the Republican caucus trickled in and left.<\/p>\n We\u2019re independent of corporate interests \u2014 and powered by members. Join us. <\/p>\n Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n Thank You For Joining! <\/p>\n \n Original reporting. Fearless journalism. Delivered to you. <\/p>\n Will you take the next step to support our independent journalism by becoming a member of The Intercept?\n <\/p>\n By signing up, I agree to receive emails from The Intercept and to the Privacy Policy<\/a> and Terms of Use<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cNot at War Right Now\u201d<\/p>\n![\"HANDOUT](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP_20003456887739-crop-1578515342.jpg\")
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