[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 4, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S796]
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 DIRECTING THE REMOVAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM HOSTILITIES 
   WITHIN OR AGAINST THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN THAT HAVE NOT BEEN 
              AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS--Motion to Discharge

  Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, pursuant to section 601(b) of the 
International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act, I move 
to discharge the Committee on Foreign Relations from further 
consideration of S.J. Res. 104, to direct the removal of United States 
Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of 
Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       Motion to discharge from the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations, S.J. Res. 104, a joint resolution to direct the 
     removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within 
     or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been 
     authorized by Congress.


                      Vote on Motion to Discharge

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to 
discharge S.J. Res. 104.
  The Senator from Virginia.
  Mr. KAINE. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.
  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, how am I recorded?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. In the affirmative.
  Mrs. MURRAY. In the affirmative. Thank you.
  The clerk continued with the call of the roll.
  The result was announced--yeas 47, nays 53, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 46 Leg.]

                                YEAS--47

     Alsobrooks
     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Blunt Rochester
     Booker
     Cantwell
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Gallego
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kim
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lujan
     Markey
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Paul
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schiff
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Slotkin
     Smith
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Welch
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--53

     Banks
     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Boozman
     Britt
     Budd
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Curtis
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fetterman
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Husted
     Hyde-Smith
     Johnson
     Justice
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     McCormick
     Moody
     Moran
     Moreno
     Mullin
     Murkowski
     Ricketts
     Risch
     Rounds
     Schmitt
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Sheehy
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young
  The motion was rejected.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Moreno). The majority whip.

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