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Senate Passes Iran War Powers Resolution 50-48, Restricting Trump's Strike Authority

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Senate Passes Iran War Powers Resolution 50-48, Restricting Trump's Strike Authority

🏛️ CONGRESS — Trump's Iran strike threat just got a 50-48 ceiling from his own chamber. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Four Republican defections — Cassidy, Collins, Paul, Murkowski — is the margin that matters. Trump's repeated "I will do what I have to do" warnings lose credibility if Congress can constrain execution. Tehran reads legislative resistance as signal: the strike threat has a domestic veto. Watch whether Trump counters with a formal veto threat before Araghchi's next move.

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