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Senate advances bill aimed at ending Iran war as Cassidy, after primary loss, flips to support it

Nbcwashington · 🇮🇷 public Iran · · 276 words · By Stephen Groves; The Associated Press
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What to know about Senate advances bill aimed at ending Iran war as Cassidy, after primary loss, flips to support it

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.

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What happened

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.

Why it matters

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.

Common ground

Republicans had been able to muster the votes to reject those proposals, but Louisiana Sen.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “Democrats have forced repeated votes on war powers resolutions that would require him to either gain congressional approval for the war or withdraw troops”
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One source explicitly mentions this was the 'eighth attempt by Democrats and a single Republican to rein in Mr. Trump’s war powers', confirming repeated efforts by Democrats.
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Claim 2: “Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska had all previously voted for similar war powers resolutions and did so again Tuesday”
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While Wikipedia confirms the identities and party affiliations of Rand Paul, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski, the provided evidence does not explicitly list their specific votes for this Tuesday's resolution or confirm their history of voting for similar ones.
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Claim 3: “The Senate advanced legislation Tuesday that seeks to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm the Senate advanced a resolution to halt/end President Trump's war with Iran.
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Claim 4: “The 50-47 vote tally demonstrated the small but crucial number of Republicans voting to halt the war with Iran”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state the vote tally was 50-47 to advance the resolution.
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Claim 5: “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”
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Multiple sources confirm Senator Bill Cassidy lost his primary, that Trump endorsed an opponent, and that he voted to advance the legislation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Morgan Cassidy (born September 28, 1957) is an American politician and physician who is the senior United States senator from Louisiana, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Republic…
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Claim 6: “Trump ordered the attack on Iran at the end of February”
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Web search results explicitly state that Trump described US-Israel attacks on Iran as 'major combat operations' in a February 28 video announcement and that strikes were ordered by him.
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Claim 7: “Cassidy voted for the legislation for the first time”
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Two independent sources explicitly state that this vote marked the first time Senator Bill Cassidy supported advancing a war powers resolution.
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web search NEUTRAL — William Morgan Cassidy is an American politician and physician who is the senior United States senator from Louisiana, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the…
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web search NEUTRAL — The vote marked the first time Cassidy supported advancing a war powers resolution. It came days after he failed to win enough support to advance to a runoff in the Louisiana GOP Senate primary, where…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bill Cassidy flips to support it. The Louisiana senator, who lost his primary over the weekend, voted in support of the war powers resolution for the first time.
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