Senate Republicans voted down proposed legislation to halt US military action against Iran, even though a number of them voiced concerns about the lack of a clear exit strategy from the region.
The legislation, known as a war powers resolution, failed on a 47-53 vote tally, in a show of early support for President Donald Trump’s decision on Iran.
“This is not a forever war, indeed not even close to it. This is going to end very quickly,” Republican Senator Jim Risch, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a speech against the resolution.
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who regularly opposes deploying US armed forces in foreign conflicts, was the only Republican to vote to advance the measure. Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania voted against the resolution.
Two key moderate senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, voted to block the resolution.
“We cannot tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran. The Iranian regime’s pursuit of nuclear capabilities, ballistic missile development, and support for terrorist proxies pose serious and longstanding threats to the national security of the United States and our allies,” Collins said in a statement
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