蒂姆·凯恩的战争权力决议失败，特朗普政府的游说说服了立场摇摆的共和党人支持持续打击
作者：亚历克斯·米勒、摩根·菲利普斯
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年3月4日美国东部时间下午5:25
参议院共和党人周三团结起来，在伊朗问题上支持总统唐纳德·特朗普，尽管美国在中东的参与仍存疑。
参议院否决了弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员蒂姆·凯恩提出的限制特朗普在伊朗军事行动的决议，此前几天一直猜测共和党人是否会像以前那样跨党派批评总统。
政府大力游说支持“史诗狂怒行动”，举行了多次与国会的简报会阐述理由。这似乎奏效了，至少目前为止，说服了一些立场摇摆的共和党人支持在伊朗继续采取军事行动。
总统唐纳德·特朗普确认美国于2026年2月28日对伊朗发动了打击。 (白宫通过X账号/阿纳多卢通过盖蒂图片社)
只有肯塔基州共和党参议员兰德·保罗投票支持该决议，而宾夕法尼亚州民主党参议员乔恩·费特曼是唯一跨党派支持该决议的民主党人。
民主党人认为，特朗普的行动是他无视国会使用武力的权力的又一实例，他们缺乏明确的前进战略，而且这又是他违背的竞选承诺。
“总统现在该履行承诺，而不是违背它们了。”凯恩在投票前表示，“这就是为什么我很高兴我们会让所有人都记录在案……没有人能逃避，也没有人能绕过宪法给总统开绿灯。”
民主党人还抓住政府拒绝排除向伊朗派遣美军这一点不放。
“他们拒绝排除派遣地面部队的可能性。”康涅狄格州民主党参议员克里斯·墨菲警告称，冲突可能会扩展到空中和海军行动之外，“这会让利比亚的行动看起来像儿戏。”
在“史诗狂怒行动”中，阵亡的美国士兵被铭记为爱国且敬业的
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密苏里州共和党参议员乔希·霍利 此前曾支持限制特朗普在委内瑞拉战争权力的决议，但表示他将反对最新的努力。
但他表示，与上次一样，地面行动需要国会批准。
“我一直说，派遣地面部队应该需要立即获得国会授权，但这似乎并未迫在眉睫。”霍利说。
参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员查尔斯·舒默认为，政府不断改变目标，这明显表明“缺乏战略”。
共和党人反驳称，总统作为总司令是在宪法授权范围内行事。南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆称《战争权力法案》是“将权力从总统转移到国会的违宪行为”，并认为国会在不同意军事行动时仍有能力限制资金。
“我们不需要535位总司令。”俄克拉荷马州共和党参议员马克韦恩·穆林反对这项立法时说道。
共和党内部一些人对凯恩反复试图在冲突中重申国会权威感到厌倦。
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共和党人周二秘密集会，讨论打击行动和即将到来的战争权力投票，之后他们与国务卿马尔科·卢比奥、中央情报局局长约翰·拉特克利夫、参谋长联席会议主席丹·“雷津”·凯恩将军和战争部长皮特·赫格塞特进行了简报。
特朗普称伊朗领导层“继任梯队”被清除，以色列打击导致领导决策受影响
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2026年1月9日，国务卿马尔科·卢比奥在白宫东厅与石油天然气高管会面时旁观。 (亚历克斯·黄/盖蒂图片社)
一位熟悉闭门讨论的消息人士告诉福克斯新闻数字版，那些可能被凯恩说服的共和党人对凯恩反复在参议院推动限制特朗普战争权力的决议感到不满。
怀俄明州共和党参议院多数党党鞭约翰·巴拉萨指出，自特朗普去年重返政府以来，凯恩已提出第五项限制其战争权力的决议，这几乎占美国历史上提出的所有战争权力决议的一半。
“50年来，这类决议仅被提出过11次。”巴拉萨说，“仅弗吉尼亚州参议员就提出了其中近一半。然而，在奥巴马和拜登担任总统期间，凯恩参议员提出了零项战争权力决议。”
卢比奥周二在向所有参议员简报后告诉记者，政府已遵守《战争权力法案》，尽管它认为该法律违宪，并指出国会领导人在打击行动前已被告知。
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卢比奥此前曾暗示，在美国明确以色列打算先打击伊朗后，美国实施了“史诗狂怒行动”，但他后来对此说法进行了修正。
“如果你告诉美国总统，如果我们不先动手，就会有更多人死亡和受伤，总统就会先动手。”卢比奥说，“他就是这么做的。总统总是会这么做。”
与此同时，美军已在伊朗打击了超过2000个目标，主要集中在摧毁政权的防空系统和导弹能力。在这次行动中，已有6名美国军人阵亡，近50名伊朗高级领导人死亡。
伊朗政府声称，在此次行动中伊朗境内至少有1045人死亡。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字版报道美国参议院的作家。
Operation Epic Fury survives Senate challenge as Republicans close ranks behind Trump
Tim Kaine’s war powers resolution fails as Trump admin lobbying convinces fence-sitting Republicans to support continued strikes
By Alex Miller, Morgan Phillips
Fox News
Published March 4, 2026 5:25pm EST
Senate Republicans closed ranks Wednesday, handing President Donald Trump a win on his use of force in Iran, despite lingering questions about America’s involvement in the Middle East.
The Senate shot down a resolution from Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., aimed at limiting Trump’s military actions in Iran on Wednesday, following days of speculation about whether Republicans would cross the aisle — as they have done before — to reprimand the president.
The administration pushed hard to lobby support for Operation Epic Fury, holding several briefings with Congress to make its case. It appeared to work, at least for now, convincing some Republicans on the fence to back continued military action in Iran.
President Donald Trump confirmed the U.S. launched strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, 2026.(The White House via X Account/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Only Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., voted in favor of the resolution, while Sen. Jon Fetterman, D-Pa., was the lone Democrat to cross the aisle in support.
Democrats argued that Trump’s actions were another instance of him disregarding Congress’ authority to use military force, that they lacked a clear strategy going forward and, further, that they were yet another campaign promise he had broken.
“It’s time for the president to keep promises, not break them,” Kaine said ahead of the vote. “That’s why I’m so glad that we’re going to put everybody on the record … Nobody gets to hide and give the president an easy pass or an end run around the Constitution.”
Democrats also seized on the administration’s refusal to rule out sending U.S. troops into Iran.
“They refuse to take off the table the insertion of ground troops,” said Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., warning the conflict could expand beyond air and naval operations. “This is going to make the operations in Libya look like child’s play.”
FALLEN US SOLDIERS IN OPERATION EPIC FURY REMEMBERED AS PATRIOTIC, DEDICATED
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., introduced a war powers resolution to rein in President Donald Trump’s military action in Iran.(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., who previously supported a resolution to rein in Trump’s war powers in Venezuela, said he would oppose the latest effort.
But like last time, he said a ground operation would require congressional approval.
“I’ve always said that committing ground troops would be something I think would require immediate congressional authorization, but that doesn’t appear to be on the immediate horizon,” Hawley said.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., argued that the goalposts kept moving for the administration, which he said was a clear sign that “a strategy is missing.”
Republicans countered that the president acted within his constitutional authority as commander in chief. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called the War Powers Act “an unconstitutional shift of authority from the president,” arguing Congress retains the ability to restrict funding if it disagrees with military action.
“We don’t need 535 commanders in chief,” said Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., arguing against the legislation.
There was also fatigue among some in the GOP over Kaine’s repeated efforts to reassert congressional authority in conflicts.
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Republicans privately huddled Tuesday to discuss the strikes and the upcoming war powers vote ahead of their briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan “Raizin” Caine and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
TRUMP SAYS IRAN’S SUCCESSION BENCH WIPED OUT AS ISRAELI STRIKE HITS LEADERSHIP DELIBERATIONS
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on during a meeting with oil and gas executives in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 9, 2026.(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
A source familiar with the closed-door discussion told Fox News Digital that Republicans who may have been swayed were frustrated with Kaine’s repeated use of the Senate floor to push resolutions limiting Trump’s war authorities.
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., noted that it was Kaine’s fifth resolution to rein in Trump’s war powers since he returned to office last year, which accounts for nearly half of all war powers resolutions put forward in U.S. history.
“These resolutions have been used only 11 times in 50 years,” Barrasso said. “The senator from Virginia alone accounts for nearly half of them. Yet Senator Kaine introduced zero war powers resolutions when Barack Obama and Joe Biden were president.”
Rubio told reporters after a briefing with every senator on Tuesday that the administration had complied with the War Powers Act, though it believes the law is unconstitutional and noted that congressional leaders had been notified ahead of the strikes.
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Rubio had previously suggested that the U.S. carried out Operation Epic Fury after it became clear that Israel intended to strike Iran first, a point he later walked back.
“If you tell the President of the United States that if we don’t go first, we’re going to have more people killed and more people injured, the president is going to go first,” Rubio said. “That’s what he did. That’s what the president will always do.”
Meanwhile, U.S. forces have now struck more than 2,000 targets in Iran, largely focusing on taking out the regime’s air defenses and missile capacity. Six U.S. service members have been killed in the operation, as have nearly 50 top Iranian leaders.
The Iranian government claims at least 1,045 people have been killed throughout Iran during the operation.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.