Senate Republicans successfully blocked a seventh resolution aimed at halting the ongoing US military conflict with Iran in a narrow 50-49 vote.The vote highlighted growing fractures within the Republican Party as Lisa Murkowski joined Susan Collins and Rand Paul in breaking ranks against the administration.President Donald Trump and his officials maintain that major hostilities have ceased, though ongoing naval activity near the Strait of Hormuz suggests otherwise.Democrats now intend to initiate weekly votes on war authority as they push for formal congressional oversight ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.