Murkowski Spearheads GOP Showdown over Iran

Senate Vote on Iran War Could Be Risky for GOP

Lisa Murkowski is pushing for something many of her GOP colleagues would rather avoid: a recorded vote on whether to keep the Iran war going. The Alaska senator wants the Senate to formally authorize continued military action now that the 60-day window under the War Powers Act has closed, saying...

Murkowski spearheads GOP showdown over Iran

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is leading a push within the Senate Republican Conference for a vote on a resolution to authorize the use of military force against Iran beyond the 60-day window set by the 1973 War Powers Act. But Senate Republican Leader John Thune (S.D.) doesn’t appear eager to schedule a vote that would…

Senate Republicans Draft Iran Strike Authorization as Hormuz Tensions Intensify

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Senate Republicans Draft Iran War Authorization

Semafor reports: A small group of Senate Republicans are still working behind the scenes on an authorization of military force for Iran that they can move on if President Donald Trump reprises strikes, according to several people briefed on the matter. Republicans expect to receive a fresh notification if hostilities resume, after Trump said Friday that the first period of conflict was over. The War Powers Act allows “expedited” consideration of…

Senate GOP Drafts Iran War Authorization

Senate Republicans are devising a plan behind the scenes to authorize U.S. military action in Iran, which would “likely limit ground troops and provide for a finite period of conflict,” Semafor reports.