#Congressional Authority

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• 🇺🇸 Fetterman says he won't support Iran war powers resolution — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Democratic Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.) said Wednesday that he will again vote against a war powers resolution to halt U.S. strikes on Iran. After Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said earlier in th...

  Related: #U.S. Politics, #Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Senate votes down effort to restrict Trump's Iran war powers — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  The Senate defeated a war powers resolution on Wednesday that aimed to block President Trump from ramping up the war with Iran​, as the operation approaches a fourth week.

  Related: #War Powers
• 🇺🇸 House rejects war powers resolution to rein in Trump on Iran — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  The Senate rejected a similar war powers resolution on Wednesday, leaving President Donald Trump to pursue further action in Iran.

  Related: #War Powers
• 🇺🇸 Trump’s strikes on Iran rattle war powers debate in Congress — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump’s decision to attack Iran over the weekend has rattled the debate over war powers on Capitol Hill. Democrats in both chambers are racing to force votes on a resolution that would curb ...

  Related: #War Powers, #Executive Power, #Iran Relations
• 🇺🇸 Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine pushes war powers vote, calls U.S. military strike on Iran 'illegal' — 01/03/2026 [USA]

  The U.S.-Israel military offensive against Iran -- which killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials -- is stoking a heated fight on Capitol Hill over who has the power to tak...

  Related: #War Powers, #Presidential Power, #Iran Conflict, #U.S. Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Congress was just a backdrop at the State of the Union — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  President Trump's State of the Union address was criticized for reducing Congress to a backdrop and ignoring key issues such as national security and health care, while the next Congress has the oppor...

  Related: #Executive Power, #Governance Tensions, #Constitutional Balance
• 🇺🇸 Democrats and a few Republicans say they'll force a vote to limit Trump in Iran — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  Most Republicans in Congress praised the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran, arguing that war was President Donald Trump’s last resort to end its nuclear ambitions.

  Related: #War Powers, #Iran Relations
• 🇺🇸 CBS News poll on Americans' views on Iran prior to conflict — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  Americans weighed in on how long a conflict with Iran might last and what Congress should do.

  Related: #Public Opinion, #Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Lawmakers ramp up push for war powers resolution after US strikes Iran — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  Lawmakers are calling on Congress to convene earlier than planned next week to vote on a war powers resolution in light of widespread U.S. attacks on Iran. “Donald Trump has launched a war on Iran and...

  Related: #War Powers, #U.S.-Iran Relations, #Military Escalation, #Political Action
• 🇺🇸 Congress contemplates its role on tariffs after Supreme Court decision — 23/02/2026 [USA]

  Some congressional Republicans had already cooled to the president's trade policy before the Supreme Court decision on Friday.

  Related: #Trade Policy, #Political Strategy, #Economic Impact
• 🇺🇸 House Votes to Cancel Trump’s Canada Tariffs — 12/02/2026 [USA]

  Six Republicans joined nearly all Democrats to end the national emergency President Donald Trump had declared to impose tariffs on imports from Canada.

  Related: #Trade Policy, #Republican Divisions