Chief of Staff Dan Kane will discuss details of the strike mission in Iran at a press conference held at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia on June 22, 2025. (Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The US Senate refused on Friday. 47-53a resolution written by Virginia Democrat Tim Kane stops American troops from hostility towards Iran.

But An unstable ceasefire contract It was held between Iran and Israel this week, with some reduction in the urgency of votes and the urgency of supporters Solution Two major discussions were held during the floor debate on Friday. Congress should lean more on diplomacy than its constitutional role as the only governmental sector capable of declaring US policy towards Iran.

“We all agree that Iran should not get nuclear weapons,” said Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat. “But bombing is not the most sustainable way to achieve that goal. And I have nothing I’ve heard of yesterday’s (classified) changes to the Intelligence Election Briefing. The bombing attack was also a clear violation of the US Constitution, which reserves the power to declare war to Congress.”

The vote is mostly party-affiliated, with Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman voting against the measure and against Kentucky’s Rand Paul being the only Republican.

Supporters argue for the role of Congress

The US military dropped bombs on June 21st at three nuclear enrichment sites in Iran amid the country’s war with Israel.

President Donald Trump insisted on an unqualified victory, but a news report on intelligence assessments showed that the results were inconclusive and that Iran’s nuclear program could only be reverted to just a few months.

The military and intelligence agents provided briefings classified as members of Congress on Thursday.

Kane, who has consistently sought the president to win Congressional approval before taking offensive military action, said the constitutional framers have deliberately given Congress power.

“The war is too big and the issues are too big to be left in the hands of a completely careful and deliberative individual,” Kane said. “Framers didn’t want to leave the war in George Washington’s hands for God. They thought Congress should be involved.”

After the vote, Kane said in a written statement that he was angry at the senator who voted for no.

“I’m disappointed that many of my colleagues don’t want to stand up and say that Congress needs to be part of a decision that is as important as whether or not we should send our sons and daughters in our country to fight Iran,” he said.

In a frequent clash with the party on executive and other issues, Paul held constitutional debates and criticised foreign policy that led to active military involvement.

“The American people are tired of dying to fight and fight their children, and they will not die in war zones on the other side of the world. “It is a humiliation for the Constitution and the American people to renounce constitutional responsibility by allowing administrative agencies to unilaterally introduce US troops into war.”

Commander 535

Opponents of the resolution argued that they would unnecessarily link the president’s hands on the issue of war.

South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham said the process required to pass through Congress to approve military action would be unpractical or impractical.

“If there’s 535 people without the Commander-in-Chief, consider the chaos that occurs in this country. “It’s going to paralyse this country.”

Bill Hagerty, Republican of Tennessee, said the operation was successful and the decision to order it was within Trump’s constitutional power as commander. Iran has been hostile to the United States and its ally, Israel for decades, he said.

“President Trump’s actions last weekend didn’t start a war,” Hagerty said. “His actions ended the war and not lost American life. We should not discuss here how to limit effective housing leadership, but how to recognize and support effective leadership.”

Constraining the power of a president undermines his ability to use the elements of surprise that are important for modern warfare, Hagerty added.

The solution “will increase the process for common sense, policy and political optics rather than operational needs,” he said.