GOP blocks bid to rein in Trump’s Iran war powers, for the fourth time
TL;DR
Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ bid to curb President Trump’s authority to wage war against Iran, voting 52-47 in a largely party-line split; Rand Paul joined Democrats in supporting the measure, while John Fetterman was the lone Democrat in opposition, marking the fourth consecutive defeat for efforts to reassert Congress’s war powers as the Iran conflict drags into its second month and ceases-fire tensions and stalled talks cloud the next steps.
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- US Senate Again Rejects Democrats’ Push to End War in Iran Bloomberg.com
- In group chats and meetings, Republicans are privately petrified the Iran war could cost them the midterms NBC News
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