Two Senate Republicans who helped block Democratic efforts to rein in President Trump’s military campaign in Iran now say their support has limits, and the clock is running. Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Thom Tillis of North Carolina each signaled this week that they could oppose continuing hostilities without congressional authorization if the conflict reaches the 60-day threshold set by the War Powers Resolution of 1973.
The warnings land at an awkward moment. Senate Republicans just defeated a fourth Democratic attempt to invoke war powers constraints, voting 52, 47 on Wednesday to table the measure. But with the U.S.-led campaign in Iran now past its 45th day, the comfortable margin that has shielded the White House may be narrowing, not because Democrats found new votes, but because Republicans who backed the president are starting to ask harder questions.
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