The US Senate on Wednesday once again voted down a resolution that would have restricted President Donald Trump’s ability to use military force against Iran, and this time a Democratic senator was the deciding vote.

The resolution failed after Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) voted with the majority of Republican senators against a war powers resolution introduced by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.).

The resolution would would have passed had Fetterman supported it because Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) all voted in favor.

This is now the seventh time the Senate has blocked a war powers resolution on Iran since Trump illegally began the conflict in late February…

  • nocturne@slrpnk.net
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    1 day ago

    He was the only dem who voted against it. But yes, there were a bunch of republican stooges that voted to not hold trimp accountable.