House to vote on limiting Trump’s powers in Iran war after Senate measure fails – US politics live

House decision is expected to be tight after war powers resolution in the Senate fell apart along party lines

The Senate vote on a war powers resolution broke down along party lines on Wednesday, 47-53 – John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the sole Democrat to vote against the measure, while Rand Paul of Kentucky was the only member of the Republican majority to support the resolution.

On Wednesday, prior to the vote, Fetterman went on CNN News Central to voice his support of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran and say that this was a situation of “country over party”.

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