Senate rebukes Trump by calling for end to Iran war with House-passed resolution

The largely symbolic measure passed as the U.S. and Iran are in the early stages of talks aimed at ending the war.

The Senate on Tuesday approved a war powers resolution previously passed in the House that rebukes President Donald Trump by calling for an end to the U.S. war against Iran.

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The resolution passed 50-48, with four Senate Republicans joining almost all Democrats in support of the measure. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., opposed the resolution, and two Republicans did not vote.

The nonbinding measure is Capitol Hill’s sharpest symbolic pushback on the war yet.