[86366] The US Senate rejected for the second time a proposal to limit Trump's war powers against Iran

The US Senate rejected once again a proposal to limit Trump's war powers

During a debate held on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, the US Senate rejected for the ninth time a bill intended to limit President Donald Trump's powers to conduct military actions against Iran. The proposal was rejected by a majority of 48 opponents against 47 supporters.

The report on the failure of the proposal was disseminated in several Iranian channels identified with the local establishment line:

• آخرین خبر noted that this is a repeated refusal by the Senate to a move intended to curb the military policy of the administration in Washington.


• FarsNewsInt, a channel identified with the Fars News Agency, which is close to the Revolutionary Guards, emphasized that the proposal was rejected by a narrow majority of only one vote, using the official data that emerged from the vote.


• SNN.ir, the Student News Agency of Iran, also published the voting data while emphasizing that this is the ninth time that such a move has failed in the upper house of the US Congress.

Channels close to the regime in Tehran tend to cover such events with an emphasis on the difficulty of the American opposition to block Trump's hawkish policy toward the Islamic Republic. The data presents a picture of an ongoing political struggle within the American establishment, where despite the narrow majority, the president's military powers remain without formal legislative limitation, just as in the past.