Senate GOP Blocks Second War Powers Resolution; Booker Forces Floor Vote on Iran Authorization

Senate Republicans blocked Sen. Cory Booker's War Powers Resolution to withdraw US forces from Iran absent congressional authorization. The vote follows an earlier 53-47 defeat of Kaine's resolution, with only Sen. Rand Paul crossing party lines. Trump rejected a ceasefire, stating 'you don't do a ceasefire when you're literally obliterating the other side.' The repeated War Powers failures demonstrate Congress's inability to constrain executive war-making despite the conflict being conducted without an AUMF.