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War Powers Resolution
1973 US law limiting undeclared wars to 60 days; Congress keeps letting the clock lapse.
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#1195 Jun
Mentioned in: No Iran signature for nearly 100 days
Iran Conflict 2026#1184 Jun
Mentioned in: Trump signs nothing on Iran in two days
Iran Conflict 2026#1173 Jun
House votes 215-208 to curb Iran war
Iran Conflict 2026#1203 Jun
Lapsed for a third time without enforcement; House-passed measure now returns to Senate
Iran Conflict 2026: Senate war-powers vote falls ten short#1162 Jun
Mentioned in: Rubio sets the US sequence on oath
Iran Conflict 2026#1141 Jun
Expired for the third time without a House floor vote on Day 93
Iran Conflict 2026: War Powers clock lapses a third time#1091 Jun
Expired 30-day wind-down clock on 1 June with no matching House vote
Iran Conflict 2026: War powers clock outlasts the House#11128 May
Mentioned in: US sanctions the strait it will reopen
Iran Conflict 2026#10624 May
War-powers vote slips past its cliff
Iran Conflict 2026#10521 May
Johnson pulls the House war-powers vote
Iran Conflict 2026#10320 May
Mentioned in: Pakistan mediation live, unwritten and only partial
Iran Conflict 2026#10420 May
Senate 50-47: Cassidy unlocks the floor
Iran Conflict 2026#10319 May
Provided the legislative framework under which the Kaine resolution was discharged
Iran Conflict 2026: Senate 50-47 discharges Kaine Iran resolution to floor#10319 May
Mentioned in: Brent at $111, IEA at $106: the $5 gap
Iran Conflict 2026#10219 May
WPR wind-down hits 1 June cliff
Iran Conflict 2026#10218 May
Mentioned in: Trump posts a cancelled Iran strike
Iran Conflict 2026#9814 May
Mentioned in: House ties 212-212 on third Iran vote
Iran Conflict 2026#414 May
#9713 May
#9713 May
Senate rejects Iran war-powers vote 49-50; Murkowski crosses first time
Iran Conflict 2026#9612 May
Mentioned in: Hegseth: Article 2 covers Iran war
Iran Conflict 2026#10012 May
Provided the legal constraint Sledgehammer rename is designed to circumvent
Iran Conflict 2026: Pentagon weighs Sledgehammer rename to reset WPR clock#9411 May
Murkowski's Iran AUMF still unfiled as Senate returns
Iran Conflict 2026#9511 May
Mentioned in: Murkowski holds AUMF for a paper plan
Iran Conflict 2026#9511 May
Mentioned in: Three military options, no signed order
Iran Conflict 2026#9410 May
#929 May
Mentioned in: Murkowski's Iran AUMF still unfiled before recess
Iran Conflict 2026#928 May
Mentioned in: White House signs no Iran instrument on day 71
Iran Conflict 2026#916 May
Mentioned in: IDF kills Radwan chief Balout in Beirut
Iran Conflict 2026#895 May
Mentioned in: Trump pauses Project Freedom by post
Iran Conflict 2026#883 May
Mentioned in: Project Freedom announced via Truth Social
Iran Conflict 2026#883 May
Mentioned in: IRGC sets 30-day blockade clock for US
Iran Conflict 2026#883 May
Mentioned in: CENTCOM blockade tally hits 48 vessels
Iran Conflict 2026#861 May
Provided the filing mechanism for the congressional notification
Iran Conflict 2026: Trump letter declares the war over#851 May
White House asserts US not at war with Iran
Iran Conflict 2026#8530 Apr
Failed 47-50 on its sixth Senate vote since the Iran war began
Iran Conflict 2026: Senate sixth WPR fails 47-50; Collins flips#8530 Apr
Mentioned in: Murkowski sets AUMF target for 11 May
Iran Conflict 2026#8630 Apr
Voted on and rejected for the sixth time
Iran Conflict 2026: Murkowski sets four 11 May AUMF specs#8530 Apr
Hegseth tells SASC ceasefire pauses WPR clock
Iran Conflict 2026#329 Apr
#8429 Apr
Mentioned in: First Iran-free OFAC day of the war
Iran Conflict 2026#8429 Apr
Mentioned in: WPR cliff is 1 June, not 1 May
Iran Conflict 2026#8328 Apr
Murkowski AUMF still missing on Day 60
Iran Conflict 2026#8328 Apr
Day 60 ends with zero Iran instruments
Iran Conflict 2026#8328 Apr
Mentioned in: First Tehran-Moscow flight after 60 days
Iran Conflict 2026#8328 Apr
Mentioned in: Iran defers nuclear talks past ceasefire
Iran Conflict 2026#8328 Apr
Mentioned in: Brent hits $111.16, a new post-war high
Iran Conflict 2026#8228 Apr
Murkowski misses her own AUMF deadline
Iran Conflict 2026#8328 Apr
Mentioned in: UAE quits OPEC effective 1 May
Iran Conflict 2026#8227 Apr
Mentioned in: Iran offers Hormuz first; US rejects
Iran Conflict 2026#8127 Apr
Reached Day 59 with zero signed executive Iran instruments; fifth resolution failed 46-51 on 22 April
Iran Conflict 2026: Murkowski targets 28 April AUMF filing#7925 Apr
Mentioned in: Trump posts "call us" as new US condition
Iran Conflict 2026#7925 Apr
Mentioned in: Collins, Tillis back Murkowski's Iran AUMF draft
Iran Conflict 2026#225 Apr
#7925 Apr
Mentioned in: Araghchi flies home; Witkoff grounded in DC
Iran Conflict 2026#8025 Apr
Mentioned in: Curtis becomes third Republican on AUMF
Iran Conflict 2026#8024 Apr
Mentioned in: Third US carrier reaches CENTCOM theatre
Iran Conflict 2026#7823 Apr
Mentioned in: Trump extends Lebanon ceasefire three weeks
Iran Conflict 2026#7622 Apr
#7722 Apr
Mentioned in: Pentagon gives Congress Hormuz clock Trump has not
Iran Conflict 2026#7822 Apr
Senate rejects fifth WPR motion, 51-46
Iran Conflict 2026#7621 Apr
Mentioned in: Trump extends ceasefire on Truth Social post
Iran Conflict 2026#7621 Apr
WPR clock ticks toward 29 April on zero instruments
Iran Conflict 2026#7621 Apr
Mentioned in: Vance's Islamabad trip postponed as Iran rebuffs restart
Iran Conflict 2026#7621 Apr
Mentioned in: CENTCOM silent on Tasnim Sea of Oman claim
Iran Conflict 2026#7520 Apr
Mentioned in: Tasnim claims IRGC drones hit US vessels
Iran Conflict 2026#7520 Apr
Mentioned in: Five energy PDs signed; no Iran paper
Iran Conflict 2026#7119 Apr
Mentioned in: GL-U lapses Saturday with no renewal
Iran Conflict 2026#7419 Apr
Mentioned in: US warship seizes Iranian cargo ship Touska
Iran Conflict 2026#7419 Apr
Mentioned in: Treasury signs Russia waiver, lets Iran's lapse
Iran Conflict 2026#7318 Apr
Mentioned in: Reuters reports extension talks; Leavitt denies
Iran Conflict 2026#7318 Apr
Mentioned in: Murkowski drafts Iran AUMF; Hawley ties to Day 60
Iran Conflict 2026#7117 Apr
Four unsigned deadlines in twelve days
Iran Conflict 2026#7117 Apr
Mentioned in: 48 days of war, zero Iran executive instruments
Iran Conflict 2026#7116 Apr
House blocks WPR 213 to 214
Iran Conflict 2026#7116 Apr
#7015 Apr
Blocked for the fourth time in Senate 47-52
Iran Conflict 2026: Fetterman breaks Democratic line on Iran#7215 Apr
Mentioned in: Hawley signals AUMF at 60-day mark
Iran Conflict 2026#6814 Apr
Forced to Senate vote by Democrats with six new co-sponsors; 60-day clock expires approximately 29 April
Iran Conflict 2026: Six Democrats join Senate war-powers push#6814 Apr
Twenty-seven days since Trump signed on Iran
Iran Conflict 2026#6814 Apr
Mentioned in: GL-U lapses Saturday, Treasury silent 25 days
Iran Conflict 2026#7214 Apr
#6713 Apr
Mentioned in: Pope condemns Trump; Trump fires back
Iran Conflict 2026#6913 Apr
Senate WPR reaches thirteen as deadlines cluster
Iran Conflict 2026#6712 Apr
Mentioned in: Trump orders blockade on a tweet
Iran Conflict 2026#6712 Apr
rejected 219-212 by the House on 12 April
Iran Conflict 2026: House kills War Powers Resolution on Iran#6410 Apr
Mentioned in: War Budget Halved; No Votes Found
Iran Conflict 2026#639 Apr
Mentioned in: World Peace to Shootin Starts in 24 hours
Iran Conflict 2026#573 Apr
Mentioned in: A-10 Warthogs and 82nd Airborne Signal Ground Staging
Iran Conflict 2026#573 Apr
Five April Deadlines Box In the White House
Iran Conflict 2026#573 Apr
Mentioned in: Iran Suspends All IAEA Access; Nuclear Programme Goes Dark
Iran Conflict 2026#4319 Mar
Mentioned in: Heritage calls war funding revolt good
Iran Conflict 2026#4218 Mar
Opposed by Republicans resisting the $200 billion war supplemental
Iran Conflict 2026: GOP lacks votes for $200bn war bill#4218 Mar
Bypassed when Rubio issued an emergency waiver on $16.5 billion in arms
Iran Conflict 2026: Rubio bypasses Congress on $16.5bn arms#4117 Mar
Forced onto the Senate floor by six Democratic senators
Iran Conflict 2026: War Powers vote dies on party lines#4117 Mar
Challenged by DNI Gabbard's testimony that Iran appears to be collapsing
Iran Conflict 2026: Gabbard: Iran degraded, not obliterated#4116 Mar