GOP blocks Booker-led push to curb Trump's military authority in Iran
Senate Republicans blocked yet another bid by Senate Democrats to handcuff President Donald Trump's war authority in Iran, in what could be an avalanche of similar moves to break through...
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Senate Republicans blocked yet another bid by Senate Democrats to handcuff President Donald Trump's war authority in Iran, in what could be an avalanche of similar moves to break through the GOP’s floor takeover. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., triggered one of several war powers resolutions Senate Democrats have tucked away in their bid to compel Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to testify publicly on Trump’s war in Iran. Booker told Fox News Digital before the vote that he was not thinking "about this in politics" or breaking through the GOP’s floor tactics, but instead to refocus on issues that Trump promised to deal with on the campaign trail. GOP TRIGGERS MARATHON SENATE FIGHT TO EXPOSE DEMS' OPPOSITION TO TRUMP-BACKED VOTER ID BILL "We need to focus on what the issues of the people are, and put before them a president who promised to bring your prices down and keep us out of wars, who is now bringing us into more wars and driving up our prices as a result," Booker said. "The question is, what should Congress do as a result?" But, like Sen. Tim Kaine’s, D-Va., attempt earlier this month, Republicans rallied behind the president to block the bill. Still, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and nearly every Senate Democrat tried to curtail Trump’s use of the military in the Middle East. Only Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., broke from Democrats to kill the resolution. TOM COTTON PUTS BIDEN ON NOTICE WHILE DEMANDING ANSWERS ON DRAINING OF NATION’S OIL STOCKPILE It likely won’t be the last war powers resolution to hit the floor this week, given that a cohort of Senate Democrats have four others teed up. Their resolutions would direct an immediate end to fighting with Iran and removal of forces in the region. Republicans have pushed back against Democrats’ demands that Rubio and Hegseth appear on the Hill for hearings and argued that they have consistently briefed lawmakers in classified settings and spoken with the media about the war. Sen. Lindsey Graham…