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Senate Rejects Setting Limits on Trump’s Iran War Powers for the Seventh Time

It was the first vote since the 60-day deadline under the War Powers Act expired.

Lisa Murkowski

“You’ve got a timeline that has taken us beyond the 60 days,” Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski told NOTUS after flipping to voting for the limits for the first time. “I thought that perhaps we would get beyond that time period, we would get more clarity from the administration in terms of where we are, and I haven’t received it.” Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP

By Hamed Ahmadi

May 13, 2026 01:10 p.m.

For the seventh time since the Iran war began, the Senate rejected a measure Wednesday aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s authority over the military conflict. It was the first vote since the 60-day deadline under the War Powers Resolution expired earlier this month.

The measure, introduced by Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley, failed 50-49. Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Rand Paul voted with Democrats in support, while Democratic Sen. John Fetterman opposed it.

“You’ve got a timeline that has taken us beyond the 60 days,” Murkowski told NOTUS after flipping to voting for the limits for the first time. “I thought that perhaps we would get beyond that time period, we would get more clarity from the administration in terms of where we are, and I haven’t received it.”