Republican-controlled US Senate backs Trump’s military intervention in Iran

The initiative, presented by Democrat Tim Kaine and also supported by Republican Rand Paul, was defeated with 47 votes in favor and 53 against, according to the Efe agency. The proposal had little chance of succeeding, since the opposition is in a minority in both chambers of Congress.

Even if it had passed the Senate, the measure would have facedor a difficult path in the Capitol: It had to be amended before going to the House of Representatives and, furthermore, it would probably have been vetoed by the president, which would have required a two-thirds majority to override that veto.

The decision by Republican senators to protect the president comes after Trump harshly criticized the five wayward senators who voted in favor of ipush for a prior resolution on war powers for military action in Venezuela. Of those five, only one voted again in favor of restricting the president’s powers and expects the House to vote on the same issue Thursday.

On the other hand, Democrats warned on Tuesday that the Trump Administration does not rule out sending troops to Iranian territoryafter a confidential briefing with senior officials. “I am more afraid than ever,” said Democrat Richard Blumenthal in this regard in statements reported by Efe.

The House is also scheduled to vote Thursday on a similar war powers resolution, which Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, said he believes he has the votes to defeat.

Even if it had been approved in the Senate and the House of Representatives was also approved on Thursday, Trump could veto it and to override that veto a two-thirds majority in both chambers would be required.