{"id":29123,"date":"2026-05-20T05:53:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/senate-vote-targets-trumps-iran-war-crypto-eyes-relief\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T05:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:53:29","slug":"senate-vote-targets-trumps-iran-war-crypto-eyes-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/senate-vote-targets-trumps-iran-war-crypto-eyes-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate vote targets Trump\u2019s Iran war, crypto eyes relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p><strong>The U.S. Senate advanced a measure that could force President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval for the Iran war, while Bitcoin (BTC) remained little changed near $77,200 at press time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_7ea1361dff15634f417b684965264873\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Senate advanced Kaine\u2019s resolution 50-47, increasing pressure on Trump over the Iran war powers dispute.<\/li>\n<li>Four Republicans backed the measure, while the bill still faces House approval and veto hurdles.<\/li>\n<li>Bitcoin stayed near $76,500 as traders weighed oil risks, inflation pressure, and war headlines closely.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>The procedural vote passed 50-47 on May 19, with four Republicans joining most Democrats. Reuters <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/us-senate-advances-measure-curbing-trumps-iran-war-powers-2026-05-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a> that the measure would end the Iran war unless Trump gets authorization from Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution still faces a difficult path. It must pass the full Senate and the Republican-led House. Trump could veto it, and Congress would need two-thirds support in both chambers to override him.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kaine says Congress must decide<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, who sponsored the bill, said Congress should decide whether the U.S. stays in the conflict. He wrote that Trump launched an \u201cillegal war\u201d 80 days earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Kaine added, \u201cCongress has the power to slam the brakes on this unwise conflict.\u201d Republican Senator Bill Cassidy also backed the vote, saying the White House and Pentagon had left Congress \u201cin the dark\u201d on Operation Epic Fury.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the conflict has weighed on global markets because of fuel and energy concerns tied to the Strait of Hormuz. Reuters reported that U.S. and Israeli forces began striking Iran on Feb. 28, while the U.S. later said a ceasefire had ended hostilities.<\/p>\n<p>Related market coverage has shown how Iran headlines can move Bitcoin quickly. Bitcoin jumped near $79,500 in April after reports of a new Iran proposal, before a sharp pullback erased the gains and crypto liquidations reached about $275 million.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bitcoin reaction remains muted<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin had not moved much after the Senate vote, trading around $77,200 at the time of writing, according to crypto.news data. The muted reaction showed that traders were still focused on macro data, oil prices, inflation, and the next step in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>HashKey Group senior researcher Tim Sun said the vote \u201cdirectly indicates\u201d rising political pressure on Trump. He added that the signal was a \u201crelatively mild positive catalyst\u201d for risk assets, not a decisive driver.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Analysts watch risk appetite<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Bitrue Research Institute research lead Andri Fauzan Adziima gave a stronger market view. He said the vote could be \u201ca strong bullish catalyst for crypto,\u201d with Bitcoin possibly seeing a 6% to 10% relief rally.<\/p>\n<p>Past market moves support the idea that de-escalation headlines can affect Bitcoin. Separate coverage in April reported that Bitcoin held near $75,000 as ETF inflows reached $597.50 million over two days during renewed U.S.-Iran ceasefire hopes.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the resolution is not law. The next market reaction may depend on whether Congress advances the bill, whether Trump resists it, and whether tension around Iran and the Strait of Hormuz eases.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Senate advanced a measure that could force President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval for the Iran war, while Bitcoin (BTC) remained little changed near $77,200 at press&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29125,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29123\/revisions\/29125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}