GOP Blocked Venezuela War Powers Vote—Iran Faces Same Hurdle

Five Republicans joined Democrats in May 2026 to advance a Senate war powers resolution on Iran by a 52-47 procedural vote. But the identical Venezuela resolution earlier this year passed the same procedural threshold before Republicans voted to dismiss it outright. The Iran measure now confronts the same two-stage gauntlet. Whether GOP crossover votes hold through final passage, and whether the House acts, remain unresolved.