Senate shoots down Iran war powers measure; Fetterman, Paul cross aisle

[Bread and Circuses]

Source: The Hill


https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5799286-iran-war-powers-resolution-defeated/


The upper chamber rejected an Iran war powers resolution in a 47-53 vote on Tuesday night, almost completely along party lines. The measure, pushed by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), is designed to block Trump from using military force in the joint U.S.-Israeli war in Iran without approval from Congress.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was the lone Republican to vote in support of the measure, while Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), a staunch supporter of Israel, broke from his party to vote against the resolution.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5799286-iran-war-powers-resolution-defeated/

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Again, we see that Republican Senators are shirking their duty.

[Martin68]

1. Fetterman is a traitor to the party.

[Bayard]

2. Remember that co-equal branches of government thing?

"The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) (50 U.S.C. ch. 33) is a federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. The resolution was adopted in the form of a United States congressional joint resolution. It provides that the president can send the U.S. Armed Forces into action abroad only by Congress's "statutory authorization", or in case of "a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces"."

[StoolPigeon]

3. Fetterman didn't cross the aisle

He voted with his party as usual.