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Trump heads to Capitol to speak with GOP senators who have grown increasingly frustrated with him

Cassidy challenged Trump over the Iran war and changed his vote after receiving a White House briefing.

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President Donald Trump confronted Republican senators over their opposition to his Iran war, and the Senate later rejected a separate war-powers resolution, 47-50-1. Sen. Bill Cassidy, who had opposed the earlier measure, voted against the later one after receiving a White House briefing.

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Bill Cassidy
R · LA · SEN

Senator who defended his war-powers vote during the meeting and later voted against a separate resolution

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who pressed Senate Republicans over the Iran war and a voting bill

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Rick Scott
R · FL · SEN

Senator who invited Trump to address the Republican luncheon

John Thune
R · SD · SEN

Senate majority leader involved in the meeting and the Republican response

Thom Tillis
R · NC · SEN

Senator who criticized Trump’s decision to withhold his signature from the housing bill

J.D. Vance
Vice President of the United States

Vice President who briefed Cassidy on the war

John Cornyn
R · TX · SEN

Senator who warned that Republicans were not aligned

Rand Paul
R · KY · SEN

Senator who voted present on the later war-powers resolution

ALSO MENTIONED  Steve Witkoff, Special envoy who joined the briefing for Cassidy

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Trump Meets Senate Republicans After Canceling Housing Bill Ceremony

Trump met Senate Republicans at the Capitol, where Cassidy defended his vote to limit presidential war powers over Iran. Trump also canceled a planned housing-bill signing while pressing lawmakers to pass a proof-of-citizenship voting bill. Left-leaning outlets foreground Cassidy’s confrontation with Trump over Iran, though The Daily Beast dramatizes his challenge more than Daily Kos. Center outlets cover the same dispute in mostly reportorial terms, with varying emphasis on the Iran vote, Trump’s voting-bill demand and the housing signing.

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