The Senate on Tuesday voted to block U.S. military action in Iran for the first time as the war approaches its fourth month.

The war powers resolution passed by a vote of 50–48. Sen. John Fetterman, again, was the lone Democrat to vote in the negative.

Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Dave McCormick, who was in his home state for a visit by President Trump to a Mack truck plant in the Lehigh Valley, was absent.

Four Republicans — Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana — supported the measure.

  • DevDave@piefed.social
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    Fetterman ran on a platform that “He’s not Dr Oz!” and he’s done amazingly well at that!

    Unfortunately the root of the problem with Democrat vs Republican is that while the GOP seems to have rock solid blackmail on its representatives, the DNC is a circus.

    We’ve got AOC and Bernie who have nothing in common with Chuckles or the Democrats that voted for more money for ICE’s monthly subscription of keep people in cages and randomly terrorize people. Fetterman is indeed an asshole but again it was him or the Dr addicted to being on television so much that he tanked his career Oz (I believe that is his middle name).

    The only way out of this chaos is if we the people of the USA can pay attention long enough to get ranked choice voting implemented in enough states. Otherwise even if you can get the circus to all agree on anything, Jill Stein will come out of her crypt and siphon enough votes over to the Green party.

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      Dr addicted to being on television so much that he tanked his career Oz (I believe that is his middle name).

      You’re right about the middle name, but wrong about the first one. He hasn’t been a doctor since years before the Senate election, so it’s just Mehmet.

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        Not to be pedantic, but even if he hasn’t kept up with the licenses to practice medicine he still has a MD or Doctorate of Medicine. Dr. is still an applicable title

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          As someone descended from old money and southern aristocrats there is a perfectly valid solution to this, disrespect the fuckwad and call em just by his last name no honorifics allowed he lost the privilege. I’d also say that he should wake up in a ditch with a gaping hole in his gut but as I’ve been informed in the past that’s illegal and may constitute a hate crime depending on how many slurs I call him while taking said action.

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            I’m not fan of the guy, but taking the stance of “I’m descended from slave owners and think we should lynch the guy” is definitely a way to say you really do not like him

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              Hey it’s the only good being descended from those bastards does for me, at least my Northern ancestors mostly fucked over WASPs. But seriously I would enjoy watching him bleed out in a ditch preferably in agonizing pain, it’s the least he should suffer given the damage he has inflicted with his bullshit over the years, same goes for Oprah and the rest of her little woo shillers especially Phil McGraw skin that fucker alive.