In reversal, Senate votes to block war powers resolution, delivering Trump a win
The 50-47 vote followed a White House briefing and late appeals from GOP leaders as Republicans reversed course after Trump’s criticism.
- Senate Republicans held a rare, late-night vote Wednesday to reject a war powers resolution, aggressively reversing course just 24 hours after a nearly identical measure successfully passed the chamber.
- The dramatic shift followed a tense closed-door Capitol luncheon where President Donald Trump face-to-face harangued GOP senators for undermining his administration, calling those who bucked him "losers" and heavily criticizing their resistance to the conflict in Iran.
- Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy engaged in a fierce, high-volume shouting match with Trump during the private meeting, refusing to back down and demanding greater transparency on a conflict that "was supposed to last four weeks, has lasted four months," leading Trump to repeatedly tell him to sit down and call him a "lunatic."
- A rapid White House intervention successfully flipped critical Republican votes hours after the blow-up, as Vice President JD Vance and special envoy Steve Witkoff rushed Cassidy to the White House for a private intelligence briefing; Cassidy subsequently returned to the Capitol to vote against the measure.
- The legislative push ultimately failed in a 47–50–1 vote right before midnight, with Kentucky Senator Rand Paul choosing to vote "present" to give the president leverage for peace, leaving the Senate to immediately depart for a two-week recess as Trump publicly praised the submission on social media.
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US Senate reverses course on president’s war powers
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Under pressure from Trump, Senate backtracks on Iran war powers vote
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Senate blocks measure limiting Trump’s authority on Iran in late-night reversal
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked a resolution that would have directed President Donald Trump to end U.S. military involvement in Iran or seek congressional authorization, reversing course just a day after a similar measure passed after winning Senate approval a day earlier. The procedural vote failed 47-50, with Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La.,… The post Senate blocks measure limiting Trump’s authority on Iran in late-night reversal a…
Louisiana senator on voting against the War Powers Resolution
WASHINGTON (CBS, KYMA) - Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan spoke with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) Thursday in his first U.S. network interview after he reversed his position on a War Powers Resolution, voting against it, and delivering President Donald Trump a victory. The Senate blocked the resolution, which would have required congressional approval for continued U.S. military involvement against Iran, 50-47 Wednesday night. The vote ca…
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