The Senate rejected a motion to advance a joint resolution on Iran war powers Wednesday, but the 49-50 vote was the narrowest margin yet on the issue, and it came with a new Republican defection.
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted yes on the discharge motion after opposing prior versions of the measure. She joined Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine as the only Republicans siding with the Democratic majority on S.J.Res. 163, which would have directed the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities in or against Iran not authorized by Congress.
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The motion still fell one vote short. Senator Pete Ricketts of Nebraska was listed as not voting. And Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the sole Democrat to
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