Senate blocks bid to force vote on pulling U.S. forces from Iran hostilities, 49-50
The Senate on July 30 narrowly rejected an effort to force floor action on a war-powers resolution that would have directed the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities against Iran.
By a vote of 49 to 50, the Senate rejected a motion to discharge the Committee on Foreign Relations from further consideration of S.J.Res. 181. Because the motion failed, the resolution remains in committee and does not advance to the floor.
S.J.Res. 181 is a joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress. Sponsored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, it was brought up under a unanimous-consent agreement reached the previous day, which provided that if Gillibrand or her designee moved to discharge the resolution, the Senate would vote on that motion immediately following its disposition of a separate resolution, S.J.Res. 199.
Discharge motions are a procedural tool senators can use to pull a measure out of a committee that has not acted on it. With the motion defeated by a single vote, supporters did not clear the hurdle needed to bring the war-powers resolution to the floor for debate and a vote on its merits.
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