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Peter Welch Voted Yea on Advancing an Iran War Powers Resolution
D-VT · Senate roll call 174 · · Iran War Powers Resolution (S.J.Res. 172)
What the vote was
Iran War Powers Resolution (S.J.Res. 172)
Would direct the President to remove U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran unless Congress declares war or specifically authorizes force.
- Member vote
- Yea
- Procedural vote to move it out of committee
- Rejected 47–48
47 yea, 48 nay, 5 not voting - What a Yea or Nay meant
- A Yea vote supported discharging the measure from committee, which would place it on the Senate calendar. A Nay vote opposed discharge. This vote did not decide whether the measure passed.
The official question was: On the Motion to Discharge (Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 172). Recorded action: Discharge S.J.Res. 172, an Iran war powers resolution, from the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Peter Welch: Yea on S.J.Res. 172, Senate roll call 174, Jun 16, 2026. Congress Receipts, https://congressreceipts.com/legislation/119/sjres/172/actions/senate-119-2-174/votes/welch-peter/. Original source: U.S. Senate roll call vote 174, 119th Congress, 2nd session, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00174.htm.
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Congress Receipts. (n.d.). Peter Welch: Yea on S.J.Res. 172, Senate roll call 174, Jun 16, 2026. https://congressreceipts.com/legislation/119/sjres/172/actions/senate-119-2-174/votes/welch-peter/
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