Four Republican senators—Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Rand Paul (Kentucky) and Bill Cassidy (Louisiana)—vote with nearly all Democrats to pass an Iran war powers resolution in the Senate. The resolution calls on the Trump administration to withdraw U.S. troops from the war involving Iran. Following the measure’s passage, President Trump criticizes the senators publicly, expressing anger that their votes make his efforts “more difficult” and indicating he intends to act on the issue “one way or the other.”
The reporting describes the senators as breaking ranks with their party to support the resolution, while most Democrats support it. The sources also agree that Trump’s reaction is directed specifically at Collins, Murkowski, Cassidy and Paul after the vote. Overall, the story centers on the Senate action under the war powers framework and the resulting political dispute between the president and a small group of GOP lawmakers who backed the resolution.
