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Senate Rejects Effort to Prevent Trump from Attacking Iran Without Congressional Approval

HeadlineJul 01, 2019

The Senate Friday rejected a measure restricting Trump’s ability to go to war with Iran without congressional authorization. The proposal would have retroactively attached an amendment to the $750 billion National Defense Authorization Act, which was passed Thursday 86 to 8. A similar, bipartisan amendment to prevent unapproved military action against Iran was also introduced in the House last week.

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