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21. Senate advances bill aimed at ending Iran war as Cassidy, after primary loss, flips to support it
Tue May 19, 2026, 07:02 PM
15 hrs ago

This made me smile

BREAKING: The Senate has advanced a bill to block trump's war in Iran. Republicans have blocked multiple war powers resolutions, but this time Bill Cassidy, fresh off his primary election loss, flipped and voted FOR it. apnews.com/article/trum...

Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2026-05-19T22:00:21.410Z

https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-senate-bill-cassidy-fe89d2df981a79ac816722d0115d3080

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate advanced legislation Tuesday that seeks to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war, as a growing number of Republicans defied the president’s wishes.

Since Trump ordered the attack on Iran at the end of February, Democrats have forced repeated votes on war powers resolutions that would require him to either gain congressional approval for the war or withdraw troops. Republicans had been able to muster the votes to reject those proposals, but Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy — fresh off a primary election loss in which Trump endorsed his opponent — switched sides to deliver a crucial vote to advance the legislation.

The 50-47 vote tally demonstrated the small but crucial number of Republicans voting to halt the war with Iran. The legislation will get a vote on final passage, but the timing was not immediately clear. There were also Republican Senate absences Tuesday that would be enough to defeat it, if those lawmakers maintained their stance on the war.

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Nah..... Hey Joe Sunday #1
No ProfessorGAC Sunday #2
God I hope so, but my hope is limited bottomofthehill Sunday #3
He voted to convict Trump. JI7 Sunday #4
Nope. Zorro Sunday #5
The fact that he is an MD and he voted for RFK senseandsensibility Sunday #6
Exactly. LisaL Sunday #10
It did wonders for Sen Tillis. surfered Sunday #7
I know Thom Tillis, and Sen. Cassidy senseandsensibility Sunday #16
We can hope malaise Sunday #8
He got about 30% of the R vote, about what Trump will soon poll. GreenWave Sunday #9
The actual headlines read TRUMP EXACTS REVENGE! Boomerproud Sunday #14
They just love narratives about how "powerful" he is senseandsensibility Sunday #19
He lost BECAUSE he had a spine for like, a day, when he voted to convict Trump. FascismIsDeath Sunday #11
Nope Rebl2 Sunday #12
He did vote to impeach trump WinningAgain Sunday #13
No irisblue Sunday #15
One hopes that he might hit the... keep_left Sunday #17
He gave us rfk jr...deciding vote. spanone Sunday #18
MaddowBlog-Trump got his revenge against Cassidy, but will Cassidy get his revenge against Trump? LetMyPeopleVote 16 hrs ago #20
Senate advances bill aimed at ending Iran war as Cassidy, after primary loss, flips to support it LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #21
Thanks for this. senseandsensibility 14 hrs ago #25
No. Celerity 15 hrs ago #22
Probably getting death threats from Trump goons. Emile 15 hrs ago #23
Update! senseandsensibility 14 hrs ago #24
You called it! I hope he continues. Nt spooky3 14 hrs ago #27
He already has. nm mikewv 14 hrs ago #26
No, because he still wants to be able to go to his church back home Fichefinder 11 hrs ago #28
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