2026年5月4日 美国东部时间上午10:44 / 福克斯新闻
蒂姆·凯恩参议员认为，尽管已宣布停火，美国海军对伊朗港口的封锁仍意味着战争尚未结束
作者：亚历克斯·米勒 福克斯新闻
尽管共和党内部对中东局势后续发展的担忧与日俱增，但国会仍离开华盛顿特区，未对唐纳德·特朗普总统的伊朗战争动用其合法制约权力。
根据《战争权力决议》写入法律的60天期限要求国会授权或叫停这场战争。上周五，这一期限已过，但议员们都已返回家中。
尽管参议院民主党人六次全票投票，试图限制特朗普在伊朗的战争权力，但共和党总体上不愿干预政府的相关计划。
民主党在伊朗关键最后期限前夕未能动摇共和党立场
2026年4月1日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿白宫十字大厅就伊朗战争发表讲话。（亚历克斯·布兰登/美联社照片）
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（南达科他州共和党人）表示，他认为大多数共和党人没有采取行动应对这一期限的意愿，并指出议员们“在相当常规地收到军方领导层的情况通报”，以此作为决策依据。
尽管如此，部分共和党人希望在国会复会后对特朗普设置约束。
阿拉斯加州共和党参议员丽莎·穆尔科斯基一直在起草一份《使用军事力量授权法案》（AUMF），她称该法案不仅是一份授权，更是一种“约束”。
赫格斯泰特出席参议院听证会，伊朗战争耗资250亿美元、60天战争权力期限临近
2026年1月28日，阿拉斯加州共和党参议员丽莎·穆尔科斯基抵达华盛顿特区美国国会山，参加参议院共和党每周政策午餐会。（安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
“如果我们度过这场冲突爆发后的60天期限，政府仍未拿出可信的计划和信息，那我打算在参议院复会后提出这项法案，”穆尔科斯基说道。
特朗普上周五致信国会领导人，表示他从未需要国会批准，并指出尽管发生了零星交火且霍尔木兹海峡的封锁仍在持续，但伊朗境内的敌对行动已“终止”。
“2026年4月7日，我下令实施为期两周的停火，”特朗普写道。“停火协议此后已获延长。自2026年4月7日起，美国军队与伊朗之间再未发生交火。始于2026年2月28日的敌对行动已经终止。”
第三次暗杀企图发生后，围绕特朗普发动的战争是否应展开新一轮调查的辩论愈演愈烈
2026年1月13日，弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员蒂姆·凯恩在准备一份限制唐纳德·特朗普总统在伊朗行动权限的战争权力决议时，于美国国会山向记者发表讲话。（比尔·克拉克/CQ-罗尔公司 via 盖蒂图片社）
民主党人士认为，停火并不意味着战争已经结束。
“停火只是意味着炸弹不再落下，”弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员蒂姆·凯恩对福克斯新闻数字频道表示。“但这并不意味着战争已经结束。我的意思是，我们仍在动用美国海军封锁进出伊朗所有港口的船只。这就是战争。如果有人对我们这么做，我们会认为这是战争行为。”
若国会在上周五的最后期限前未采取行动，特朗普政府在未获得议员授权的情况下，现在有30天时间逐步终止在伊朗的军事行动。
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如果政府未遵守这一要求，民主党已暗示将采取法律行动。但部分人士认为这并非必胜策略，因为最高法院很可能会支持特朗普。
“我很难想象他们会以任何方式限制这位总统及其战争决策权，”加州民主党参议员亚当·希夫说道。“因此，我不希望国家依赖本届最高法院。”
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道记者，负责报道美国参议院事务。
Congress ignores key deadline as Republicans ready ‘restraint’ on Trump’s war in Iran
May 4, 2026 10:44am EDT / Fox News
Sen Tim Kaine argues the US Navy blockade of Iran’s ports means the war is still on, despite the ceasefire
By Alex Miller Fox News
Congress left Washington, D.C., without flexing its legal muscle against President Donald Trump’s Iran war, despite growing concern among Republicans about what comes next in the Middle East.
The 60-day deadline, enshrined into law by the War Powers Act Resolution, requires that Congress authorize or halt the war. That mark came and went Friday while lawmakers were back home.
While Senate Democrats have voted six times in lockstep to handcuff Trump’s war powers in Iran, Republicans broadly have not wanted to interfere with the administration’s plans.
DEMOCRATS FAIL TO SHATTER REPUBLICANS’ RESOLVE ON EVE OF CRUCIAL IRAN DEADLINE
President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington on April 1, 2026.(Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said he didn’t see a desire from most Republicans to take action on the deadline and noted that lawmakers were getting “readouts from our military leadership on a somewhat regular basis” to guide their decision-making.
Still, some Republicans want to put guardrails on Trump when Congress returns.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has been working on an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) that she described as more than an authorization, but also a “restraint.”
HEGSETH TESTIFIES AT SENATE AS IRAN WAR’S $25B PRICE TAG AND 60-DAY WAR POWERS DEADLINE LOOM
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, arrives at the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 28, 2026.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“If we pass this 60-day mark from the start of hostilities with still a lack of a credible plan and information from the administration, it is one — it is something that I intend to introduce once the Senate reconvenes here,” Murkowski said.
Trump wrote to congressional leaders on Friday that he never needed their say-so and noted that hostilities in Iran — despite scant skirmishes and an ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz — had been “terminated.”
“On April 7, 2026, I ordered a two-week ceasefire,” Trump wrote. “The ceasefire has since been extended. There has been no exchange of fire between the United States Forces and Iran since April 7, 2026. The hostilities that began on February 28, 2026, have terminated.”
AFTER THIRD ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, DEBATE GROWS OVER WHETHER TRUMP ATTACK WARRANTS ANOTHER INVESTIGATION
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 13, 2026, as he prepares a war powers resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s authority in Iran.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Democrats contend that a ceasefire doesn’t mean that the war is over.
“The ceasefire just means bombs aren’t dropping,” Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., told Fox News Digital. “It doesn’t mean that the war’s not on. I mean, we’re still using the U.S. Navy to block anything going into and out of any port in Iran. That’s war. We would consider — if somebody was doing it to us, that’s war.”
Without action from Congress on last week’s deadline, the Trump administration now has 30 days to wind down military actions in Iran absent authorization from lawmakers.
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If the administration doesn’t follow through with that requirement, Democrats have signaled taking legal action. But some don’t see that as a winning strategy, given the likelihood that the Supreme Court would side with Trump.
“It’s hard for me to imagine them constraining this president and his war-making power in any way,” Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said. “So I would not want the country to have to rely on this Supreme Court.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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