Senate Moves to Curtail Iran War Powers
- Publisher
- Office of Senator Tim Kaine
- Published
- 2026-05-19
- Type
- official document
- Link
- https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/senate-moves-to-curtail-iran-war-powers
- Last checked
- 2026-10-26
- Rights
- public domain — we link and describe; we do not republish the text.
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Congress holds the war power. The Iran war began with no vote, a notice that ignored the War Powers Resolution and no briefing for six weeks; the House voted three times to end it and the Senate once, until Republicans flipped.