Senate Again Blocks Murphy Iran War Powers Resolution as Duckworth and Other Democrats Demand Public Iran War Hearings
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The Senate on Tuesday again blocked Sen. Chris Murphy’s war‑powers resolution to rein in President Trump’s Iran military campaign — a largely party‑line 47–53 vote with Sen. Rand Paul the only Republican joining Democrats — as Sen. Tammy Duckworth and other Democrats demanded public (not classified) congressional hearings and vowed repeated oversight votes. Their push for transparency comes amid an escalating conflict: U.S. airstrikes and deployments of Marines and warships to clear the Strait of Hormuz, consideration of options including seizing Kharg Island, hesitant allied support for a coalition, temporary waivers on some Iranian oil to blunt market pain, and debate over a possible ~$200 billion supplemental war funding package.