Fetterman Bucks Party Again, Votes Against Iran War Powers Resolution
The 49-50 vote kept the Iran war resolution alive in the Senate after four Republicans joined Democrats and Fetterman broke the tie for Trump.
- On Thursday, Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania cast the deciding vote to block a Senate resolution aimed at ending the war in Iran, siding with Republicans in a 49-50 vote.
- Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., led the effort to end military operations, describing the conflict as "illegal" under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, which requires congressional authorization for hostilities exceeding 60 days.
- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-17th District, criticized the vote, stating, "John Fetterman just cast the deciding vote to keep the Iran War raging," while polling shows 67% of Pennsylvanians disapprove of the war.
- The National Iranian American Council Action filed a lawsuit Thursday, arguing the war is "unconstitutional" and highlighting civilian harm, including injuries to one woman's cousin during a warehouse bombing in Iran.
- Four Republican senators—Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul, and Thom Tillis—crossed the aisle to support the resolution, while GOP candidates Mike Rogers and Ashley Hinson have recently called for ending the conflict.
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Fetterman bucks party again, votes against Iran War Powers resolution
(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, once again, was the only Democrat on Thursday to vote against a resolution which would limit President Donald Trump’s military actions against Iran.
In a vote in the US Senate to ban new attacks by Trump against Iran, only one Democrat voted against: John Fetterman. The senator from Pennsylvania has long faced criticism from his fellow party members and voters alike, because he increasingly adopts positions that align with the Republicans. A portrait of the former Bernie Sanders supporter who is shifting further and further to the right.
Fetterman again is the only Democrat to vote against condemning Trump’s Iran war
'Never Fails to Disappoint': Fetterman Joins GOP to Keep Trump's Iran War Going
"This reckless war has cost American lives, innocent lives, tens of billions of dollars, and higher prices on nearly everything here at home. John and 49 Republican Senators voted in favor of all of that."
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