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Trump Gets GOP Vote And Support For Operation Epic Fury

Collins argued that Iran posed a serious threat and that the resolution would send the wrong message.

Trump Gets GOP Vote And Support For Operation Epic Fury
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This article1 analysis · Oct 9, 2026
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The Senate rejected a resolution by Tim Kaine to limit President Trump’s military action in Iran; Rand Paul was the only Republican described as supporting it, while Jon Fetterman was the only Democrat to cross party lines. The article also highlights Susan Collins’s defense of the strikes and Condoleezza Rice’s support for the operation.

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Susan M. Collins
R · ME · SEN

Senator who publicly defended the military action in Iran

PRIMARY SUBJECT
Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President directing Operation Epic Fury

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John Fetterman
D · PA · SEN

Senator who crossed party lines to support the resolution

Tim Kaine
D · VA · SEN

Senator who introduced the resolution to invoke the War Powers Act

Senate candidate mentioned as a possible Democratic nominee in Collins’s race

Rand Paul
R · KY · SEN

Senator who voted for the resolution to limit Trump’s military action in Iran

ALSO MENTIONED  Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, reported killed in the strikes; Condoleezza Rice, Former national security advisor and secretary of state who supported the strikes; George W. Bush, Former president mentioned as the administration Rice served in

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