The Republican-led Senate on Wednesday rejected the latest Democratic attempt to halt Donald Trump’s war in Iran, turning aside a resolution that would require the U.S. to withdraw forces from the conflict until Congress authorizes further action.

The 47-52 vote was the fourth time this year that the Senate has voted to cede its war powers to the president in a conflict that Democrats say is illegal and unjustified.

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote against it. Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky voted with Democrats.

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        Sounds like that stroke a few years ago left him with some serious brain damage, and radically changed his political opinions/ideology (are those two related???).

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          The stroke was before he took office. For his first 18-24 months in office his voting record was pretty much along Dem party lines.

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          No, he was a racist and a zionist before he was elected, we just chose not to see it. The alternatives in the primary were just as bad. This was lost when Fetterman was the left most candidate in the primary.

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      He’ll be the only Democrat on the tickets and every single Democrat will show up to vote for him.

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        There’s no way that happens. Plenty of Democrats right here in my little burg that would run just to give that DINO competition. He wont make it through the primary.

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        I can see it now Fetterman Vs a maga republican, and democrats will say you gotta vote blue no matter who and blame leftists when the maga republican wins.

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          First of all if it was Fetterman vs maga, that wouldn’t be a choice - it would be maga vs maga. Second of all I’m pretty sure the people of Pennsylvania are pissed at him so I doubt he’ll be up for reelection

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          Both of you really do not understand how any of this works.

          Only how you wished it work.