US Senate moves to curtail US President Trump’s ability to wage war on Iran
US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer holds a news conference after the final vote on the war powers resolution regarding potential military action against Iran, at the Capitol in Washington, US February 13, 2020.
"The Senate just sent a clear shot across the bow – a bipartisan majority of senators don't want the president waging war without congressional approval," Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer said after the vote. The contractor's death set off an escalating crisis in which Trump ordered a drone strike at the Baghdad airport that killed Qassem Soleimani, Iran's most powerful general.Democratic Senator Tim Kaine introduced the resolution after Soleimani's death, concerned that the United States was rushing into another Middle East war without debate.
Soleimani, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards' overseas Qods force, enjoyed vast influence within the clerical regime and was seen by the United States as orchestrating rocket attacks in Iraq.The Senate defeated a motion by Senator Tom Cotton, a vociferous opponent of Iran, to gut the resolution by exempting any military action directed at "designated terrorist organisations.
"There is no war with Iran. An air strike is not a war. Punishing Iran for killing an American citizen is not a war," he said. Senator Susan Collins, a closely watched moderate Republican, said the resolution did not cease ongoing activities such as US Navy patrols around the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial chokepoint for oil shipments.
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