Collins had opposed an earlier war powers resolution, arguing it would “send the wrong message to Iran and to our troops.” But she has since also changed her position.
Democrats, meanwhile, are continuing to bring forward war powers resolution votes in an effort to showcase, and have a record of, their ardent opposition to Trump carrying out the Iran war.
Last week, the House extended a symbolic rebuke to Trump by approving a resolution to curb the war with a 214 to 208 vote. In June, both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed War Powers Act resolutions aimed to restrict the President from continuing the war.
Trump referred to the June votes as “meaningless” and has declined to abide by the resolutions.
“These Senators have just made my job more difficult, but I will get it done, one way or the other, because I always get it done,” he vowed in late June.
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