In a stormy luncheon meeting of Republican Senators on Capitol Hill June 24, in which voices were raised several decibels, U.S. President Donald Trump berated certain Senators, and prevailed by having enough Republic Senators to switch their votes, so that the Senate as a whole voted down the War Powers Resolution by a vote of 50 nays, 47 yeas, and 1 present (abstention), later on during June 24.
On June 3, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives had voted 215-208 to pass a war powers resolution (H.Con.Res.38). The War Powers Resolution, which was signed into law in 1973, requires that the President notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action. It forbids troops from remaining in conflict zones for more than 60 days without a formal declaration of war or specific statutory authorization. This means that the U.S. President would have to withdraw U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran. On June 23, 2026, the U.S. Senate voted 50-48 to adopt a concurrent war powers resolution directing President Trump to remove U.S. armed forces from Iran. The LaRouche Organization and the Schiller Institute had, through their organizing, played a significant role in the passage of the War Powers Resolution in both Houses.
While the Resolutions are non-binding without other features, they indicated the deepening opposition of the U.S. population to the Israel-U.S. irrational pre-emptive war in Iran.
