{"id":2581516,"date":"2026-03-18T20:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-side-with-trump-in-second-iran-war-vote\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:17:37","slug":"senate-republicans-side-with-trump-in-second-iran-war-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-side-with-trump-in-second-iran-war-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans side with Trump in second Iran war vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-republicans-side-with-trump-in-second-iran-war-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2581516&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece reports on the Senate\u2019s second vote over Trump\u2019s Iran policy and the partisan dynamics around it. In a 47-53 tally, the resolution to constrain the military campaign that began after Trump\u2019s strikes wiht Israel failed to move forward, with only one Republican, Rand Paul, voting to proceed. Senator John Fetterman was the sole Democratic \u201cno\u201d vote, while most Democrats supported advancing the measure but it still didn\u2019t pass.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have threatened additional votes on the conflict until there is a public hearing on the war, but Republicans have largely resisted, saying they have been kept informed through classified briefings. The article notes testimony from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-cia-pick-was-president-of-think-tank-that-took-millions-from-chinese-communist-party-tied-entities-report\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s CIA Pick Was President Of Think Tank That Took Millions From Chinese Communist Party-Tied Entities: Report\">intelligence officials<\/a> about whether Iran posed an imminent danger and discusses the ongoing debate over oversight versus the administration\u2019s briefing schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Cost is a key issue: the White House is weighing asking Congress for funding, with the war already costing at least $12 billion. The coverage also highlights the broader tensions in the region, including Iran\u2019s actions in the Strait of Hormuz and the impact on oil prices, alongside casualty developments related to U.S. operations in the area.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Senate Republicans side with Trump in second Iran war vote<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2536610\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Democrats were unable to peel off any new Republicans on Wednesday after forcing the Senate to take a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pas-democrat-secstate-resigns-after-botching-process-over-amendment-for-child-sex-abuse-victims\/\" title=\"PA\u2019s Democrat SecState Resigns After Botching Process Over Amendment For Child Sex Abuse Victims\">failed vote<\/a> on President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> war with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just one Republican, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), voted to move ahead with a resolution, offered by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), that would constrain the military campaign Trump launched in coordination with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4495849\/israeli-leadership-military-blank-check-target-iran-official\/\">Israel<\/a> a little more than two weeks ago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4496668\/markwayne-mullin-committee-vote-hinge-john-fetterman-rand-paul-vows-oppose\/\">Mullin committee vote could hinge on John Fetterman as Rand Paul vows to oppose<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4496098\/how-markwayne-mullin-would-lead-dhs-differently-kristi-noem\/\">How Markwayne Mullin would lead DHS differently than Kristi Noem<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4496444\/tim-scott-run-third-term-senate-2028\/\">Tim Scott to seek third term in Senate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-to-seek-third-term-in-senate-abandoning-term-limit-commitment\/\" title=\"Tim Scott to seek third term in Senate, abandoning term-limit commitment\">abandoning term-limit commitment<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The vote tally of 47-53 is virtually unchanged from the one <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4480442\/trump-avoids-iran-setback-with-senate-war-powers-vote\/\">taken in early March<\/a>, days after Trump began a campaign of air strikes meant to degrade Iran&rsquo;s military and foment possible regime change. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) was the only Democratic &ldquo;no&rdquo; vote.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have threatened to force as many as half a dozen votes on the conflict until the Trump administration agrees to hold a hearing on the war. But Republicans have largely rebuffed that request, arguing that lawmakers have been sufficiently kept in the loop through a series of classified briefings.<\/p>\n<p>Intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard and Dan Ratcliffe, the head of the CIA, delivered testimony on the conflict Wednesday, grappling with the question of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4495923\/intelligence-community-leaders-trump-briefed-strait-of-hormuz-retaliation\/\">whether Iran posed an &ldquo;imminent&rdquo; danger <\/a>to the United States in a prescheduled hearing on worldwide threats.<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats want a dedicated hearing on Iran and have asked War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to brief them publicly.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have long supported the aggressive posture Trump has taken toward Iran and stood with him last year when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-exchanges-letters-with-sara-netanyahu-amid-israel-hamas-war\/\" title=\"Jill Biden and Sara Netanyahu exchange letters during ...-Hamas conflict.\">launched targeted strikes<\/a> on its <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >heavily fortified nuclear facilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The administration has come under increasing pressure, however, as Iran blocks oil tankers from traversing the Strait of Hormuz, a tactic that has sent the price of gasoline skyrocketing ahead of the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have pointed to that increase to argue that Republicans don&rsquo;t care about the cost of living and claim that Trump is needlessly risking the lives of U.S. service members, 13 of whom have died in the Middle East since the conflict began.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., to attend the casualty return for the six crew members of an Air Force refueling aircraft who died when their plane crashed in western Iraq while supporting operations against Iran. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4494494\/gop-fiscal-hawks-open-new-iran-war-funding\/\"><strong>GOP FISCAL HAWKS OPEN TO NEW IRAN WAR FUNDING WITHOUT SPENDING OFFSETS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The White House maintains that the war will be relatively short and worth the cost, arguing that Iran and its proxies posed a threat to U.S. national security.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&rsquo;s vote comes as the White House weighs whether to ask Congress for money to fund its war effort, which has cost the U.S. at least $12 billion, according to Trump adviser Kevin Hassett.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP backs Trump in second Iran war vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2581517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26077645554709.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4551,3823,3740,3634,50434],"class_list":["post-2581516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-foreign-policy","tag-iran","tag-senate","tag-trump","tag-war-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26077645554709.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2581516"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2581522,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581516\/revisions\/2581522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2581517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2581516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2581516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}