Senate Republicans reject war powers resolution after Trump-Cassidy clash

Republican senators switched their votes on an Iran war powers resolution late Wednesday, hours after a fractious meeting that included a shouting match with President Donald Trump over their opposition to the conflict.Sens.

Republican senators switched their votes on an Iran war powers resolution late Wednesday, hours after a fractious meeting that included a shouting match with President Donald Trump over their opposition to the conflict.

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Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., had previously voted to progress the resolution giving Congress the ability to halt the war.

But after a contentious closed-door lunch Wednesday, in which Cassidy said he had “lost my temper” and Trump said he raised his voice as well, Republicans held a late-night vote in which the two senators backed away from their support for the resolution.