US Senate rejects bid to halt war on Iran without congressional approval

The Senate has again declined to assert its constitutional authority over the use of military force, leaving the US-Israeli campaign against Iran to proceed without a formal declaration of war. | Contesto: cronaca

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• US Senate rejects bid to halt war on Iran without congressional approval

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The United States Senate rejected a Democratic-led resolution on Wednesday that would have required the cessation of the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign against Iran unless Congress formally authorizes the war. The vote, which failed 52 to 47, represents the legislative body's continued deference to the executive branch's conduct of the conflict. Only one Republican, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, crossed party lines to support the measure. Senator Jim Justice, a Republican from West Virginia, did not vote. The sole Democratic opposition came from Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. This marks the fourth time since hostilities with Iran began that Senate Democrats have attempted and failed to pass a resolution invoking the War Powers Act. The repeated efforts highlight a deep and persistent constitutional debate that has simmered for decades but is now brought to a boil by a sustained, large-scale conflict. Each previous vote has followed a similar partisan pattern, with the current administration's allies successfully arguing that such resolutions would undermine operational security and diplomatic leverage at a critical juncture. The core legal and political issue revolves around the 1973 War Powers Resolution, a law designed to check the president's power to commit armed forces without congressional consent. Proponents of the failed measure argue that the sustained aerial and naval campaigns against Iranian military targets and affiliated groups constitute a war in everything but name, one that demands the explicit buy-in from the people's representatives as mandated by the Constitution. "This is not a limited strike; it is an ongoing war," said one senior Democratic senator following the vote. "The founders gave the power to declare war to Congress for a reason." Opponents, primarily from the Republican party, contend that the military actions, conducted in close coordination with Israel, are legally justified as defensive measures under existing Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and the president's inherent authority as Commander-in-Chief to respond to threats. They frame the conflict as a necessary continuation of decades of policy...

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