Trump sidelined Congress' authority over war on Iran, and lawmakers allowed it, extending a 75-year trend
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- The Conversation via Carleton University
- Published
- 2026-04-20
- Type
- analysis
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- https://carleton.ca/news/story/trump-iran-war-powers-congress/
- Last checked
- 2026-10-26
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Government and Oversight
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Congress holds the war power. The Iran war began with no vote, a notice that ignored the War Powers Resolution and no briefing for six weeks; the House voted three times to end it and the Senate once, until Republicans flipped.