The Senate voted 52-47 not to advance the war powers resolution, underscoring his party's continuing support for the president's war policy more than six weeks after the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran.
Trump said in an interview with Fox Business Network aired on Wednesday that the conflict was close to over. Also on Wednesday, the army chief of mediator Pakistan arrived in Tehran to try to prevent a renewal of the conflict, after weekend peace negotiations ended without an agreement.
It was the fourth time Democrats have forced Senate votes on war powers measures since the war began. All of them have failed in the face of opposition from every Senate Republican except Rand Paul of Kentucky.
