Recorded Senate vote
Tina Smith Voted Yea on Advancing an Iran War Powers Resolution
D-MN · Senate roll call 216 · · Iran War Powers Resolution (S.J.Res. 181)
What the vote was
Iran War Powers Resolution (S.J.Res. 181)
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 49–50
49 yea, 50 nay, 1 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. 181). Recorded action: Discharge S.J.Res. 181, an Iran war powers resolution, from the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Tina Smith: Yea on S.J.Res. 181, Senate roll call 216, Jul 30, 2026. Congress Receipts, https://congressreceipts.com/legislation/119/sjres/181/actions/senate-119-2-216/votes/smith-tina/. Original source: U.S. Senate roll call vote 216, 119th Congress, 2nd session, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00216.htm.
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Congress Receipts. (n.d.). Tina Smith: Yea on S.J.Res. 181, Senate roll call 216, Jul 30, 2026. https://congressreceipts.com/legislation/119/sjres/181/actions/senate-119-2-216/votes/smith-tina/
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