Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) said the war should end, but refused to vote to end it.
The vote on a war powers resolution introduced by Democrats came at a moment when some Republicans have begun to distance themselves from President Trump over the ongoing conflict.
The Senate defeated the latest bipartisan effort Thursday to end the war in Iran with a war powers resolution, despite a growing number of Republicans in competitive elections breaking with President Donald Trump with calls to end the nearly seven-month-long conflict. Most of those vulnerable incumbents stuck by the president to oppose what marked the…
President Donald Trump dismissed midterm fears as Republicans defeated a Democratic war powers resolution despite surging gas and diesel prices.
The Senate failed to block President Donald Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran in a 49-50 vote.
The Senate on Thursday defeated a House-passed resolution directing President Trump to withdraw U.S. troops from the conflict with Iran, despite growing dissatisfaction among GOP senators over President Trump’s handling of the war. Four Republicans joined nearly the entire Senate Democratic caucus for the war powers resolution, which the House passed in…
The vote comes weeks before the midterm elections, where President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans are trying to retain their majorities in Congress.
