https://sundayeveningreview.com/tags/war-powers/Recent content in War Powers on Sunday Evening ReviewHugoen-usSun, 17 May 2026 06:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/ideas/the-seventh-vote/Sun, 17 May 2026 06:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/ideas/the-seventh-vote/<p>On a Tuesday afternoon in May, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska walked onto the Senate floor and did something she had not done in six previous chances to do it. She voted to invoke the War Powers Resolution.</p> <p>She stood with Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky, the same two Republicans who had voted for similar measures before, and when it was over and the tally was <a href="https://www.notus.org/congress/senate-rejects-war-powers-limit">50 to 49</a>, Murkowski spoke to reporters in the hallway without much theater. &ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got a timeline that has taken us beyond the 60 days,&rdquo; she told them. &ldquo;I thought that perhaps we would get more clarity from the administration in terms of where we are, and I haven&rsquo;t received it.&rdquo;</p>