Four Republicans side with House Democrats in first Iran war vote since new casualties
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But it served as a temperature check on Republican support for the administration after a fragile ceasefire fell apart on July 8. Trump attended a dignified transfer for those soldiers a day earlier.Advertisement Reps. Tom Barrett (R-MI), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Thomas Massie (R-KY) sided with the Democrats on Thursday in a 214-208 vote, as they have on previous war powers resolutions.
- ▪But it served as a temperature check on Republican support for the administration after a fragile ceasefire fell apart on July 8.
- ▪Trump attended a dignified transfer for those soldiers a day earlier.Advertisement Reps.
- ▪Tom Barrett (R-MI), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Thomas Massie (R-KY) sided with the Democrats on Thursday in a 214-208 vote, as they have on previous war powers resolutions.
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Four House Republicans broke with the rest of their party on Thursday to back an end to the Iran war, the first vote since several American troops were killed after fighting resumed earlier this month.The outcome was unchanged from a vote taken in June, when House Democrats successfully passed a resolution directing President Donald Trump to end hostilities or seek congressional approval for the war. But it served as a temperature check on Republican support for the administration after a fragile ceasefire fell apart on July 8.
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