The Republican-led Senate on Wednesday rejected the latest Democratic attempt to halt Donald Trump’s war in Iran, turning aside a resolution that would require the U.S. to withdraw forces from the conflict until Congress authorizes further action.

The 47-52 vote was the fourth time this year that the Senate has voted to cede its war powers to the president in a conflict that Democrats say is illegal and unjustified.

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote against it. Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky voted with Democrats.

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[–] 115 points 6 months ago (13 children)

I hope this ghoul gets primaried into oblivion the next time he's up for reelection.

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  • [–] 51 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    Something isn’t right with him.

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  • [–] 28 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Sounds like that stroke a few years ago left him with some serious brain damage, and radically changed his political opinions/ideology (are those two related???).

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  • [–] 37 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    No, he was a racist and a zionist before he was elected, we just chose not to see it. The alternatives in the primary were just as bad. This was lost when Fetterman was the left most candidate in the primary.

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  • [–] -4 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    He'll be the only Democrat on the tickets and every single Democrat will show up to vote for him.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I can see it now Fetterman Vs a maga republican, and democrats will say you gotta vote blue no matter who and blame leftists when the maga republican wins.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    First of all if it was Fetterman vs maga, that wouldn't be a choice - it would be maga vs maga. Second of all I'm pretty sure the people of Pennsylvania are pissed at him so I doubt he'll be up for reelection

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  • [–] 130 points 6 months ago (20 children)

    This is why a very minimum requirement for an actual democracy includes recall voting.

    Dude just straight up decided to betray his constituents and nothing can be done to remove him.

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    Reminder not to joke about encouraging people to do incredibly cool and sexy crimes, the FBI are not required to show context when they're showing your and other peoples posts to a judge for getting a warrent.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    I came here to mention this. Glad I'm not alone. I do not understand why we can't recall or impeach Congress members by vote.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I do not understand why we can’t recall or impeach Congress members by vote

    Because then the people might recall them and put in politicians who do what they want. And that's bad for the people who don't want what the people want; the capitalist class whom finances their campaigns.

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  • [–] -4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Are you going to replace them with the republican candidate?

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Why does everything have to be so unequivocal or binary? He's not who they voted for now. Should they have to endure it?

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago*

    Easy solution is the ousted candidate's party gets to choose a temporary replacement, but a new election must be held at the very next election to find a permanent replacement be they Democrat or Republican (whomever the people elect). Easy peasy.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    elected under false pretenses

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Was he? Or did brain damage turn him republican? Because it seems like there is something mentally wrong with most republicans.

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  • [+] -23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

    I don't know, man. I'm a Democrat because I support policies like marijuana legalization and free healthcare. The conflict in Iran is pretty low on my agenda. I wouldn't feel particularly betrayed if he was my elected official.

    I never understood bipartisanship. My opinions and beliefs span the entire political spectrum. It feels like people think that anything supported by Republicans must be anti-Democrat.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    Damn, a self aware person plainly stating their own selfishness. Don't see that every day.

    Bizarre.

    It's akin to saying "I understand slavery is bad, I just don't care. Mr Jeeves is a pretty good slave."

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  • [–] 38 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Fucker should go to the front line himself.

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  • [–] 33 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Wouldn't the more a accurate headline be "Fetterman is the only pro-Iran-War senator to claim to be a democrat?"

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    All it takes to be a Democratic elected official is to run as a party member and get elected. He did those things. He's a Democrat. The Democratic party is just a lot more right wing at its extremes (and overall) than folks like to admit.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago

    Vote Fetterman's useless ass out of office. WTF, Fetterman, if there is a politician who should be vocal about socialized medicine, it should be you, because that is what saved your useless ass. Instead the fuck throws money at a damn war.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Seriously. I've got a FF plugin that automatically replaces "Fetterman" with "A Bag of Dicks Wearing a Hoodie"

    It's a real time saver...

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Why not just draft a bill that is a formal declaration of war or immediate cease and desist of war activities of it doesn't pass? Force the Republicans to formally stain themselves with war.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    or immediate cease and desist of war activities of it doesn’t pass

    That's not a thing, you can't make a law that has effects if it doesn't pass.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Well they ought to be able to. Make it like a vote of confidence in the war. Either we're at war or the process to continue trumps aggression fails.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    So there is the War Powers Resolution act, which requires the president get congressional approval within 60 days of hostilities. Obama's admin made up some bullshit why it didn't apply to his wars, and Trump will probably ignore it all together.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Obama's admin made up some bullshit why it didn't apply to his wars, and Trump will probably ignore it all together.

    How bloody convenient, eh?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    A law asking the president to do a thing is unenforceable anyway, since the president would be the one enforcing it.

    All congress can do is impeach presidents until they come up with one that does the thing they want or stop funding the military.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago

    I wish there was a recall process.

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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago

    Had a stroke and woke up republican.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    I don't get why the hell people appear to be progressive one moment and then become regressive the next.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Money, power, and brain damage.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago

    Fetterman is not a democrat.

    He is at best impaired mentally and at worst a GOP plant

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Fetterman is NOT a Democrat. He just plays one on TV. Because brain damage.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago

    I hope nobody in PA tries to make rissoto.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    Traitorous bastard

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    Never trust someone from York County

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    This is more like, "Fetterman is only Democrat to be seriously primaried for again rejecting effort to halt Iran war."

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    He’s an Israeli backed pedophile

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Fuck him for proving if you look weird and evil, you usually are

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    There's no need for congress to pass this. The constitution already requires it. But of course the courts are captured so they won't enforce it.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Fetterman has brain damage.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    I don't know about you, but I think this fella is not very wholesome.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Fetterman hasn’t been a Democrat in quite a while now.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    What party is he a member of?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    that Keystoner will ne’er be a better man

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago*

    There's always at least one.

    ... and THIS is how Ds show their compliance when the minority.

    ... and THIS is how Rs show their compliance when the minority.

    BoTh PaRtIeS can stop this "supermajority" nonsense at ANY TIME. But, from their point of view, that makes popular legislation too easy to pass, and they don't want that, do they?

    Instead, they ¯\(ツ)/¯

    If memory serves this "supermajority filibuster" circus started in the 1970s. This is a parliamentary rule ONLY. It's not law. It's not in the constitution. It requires only a simple majority vote to erase. They pass legislation they really want without it all of the time, by making it an "exception" to the parliamentary rule (also done through simple majority vote). There are hundreds of "exceptions" to the super majority rule. This is what they want to pass.

    So, this is a fucking circus that they can stop at any time. For example, Democrats could have decided "enough is enough" when Biden was in office after the monstrosity that was Trump, and used the "nuclear option" (that's what they call it) to revert to simple majority vote to pass laws. Then, they could have passed lots of very popular legislation, a new New Deal, so to speak; 70% of American voters want universal healthcare, for example... 90% of Democrats want this.

    What did the Democrats do for their own voters?

    ¯\(ツ)/¯

    Couldn't even pass higher minimum wage.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago

    I don't understand this dude...he's all over the place....in otherwords...Loose cannon....nope!

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  • [+] -12 points 6 months ago

    Vote blue no matter who! 🤪

    Though he was still better than Oz. But not much.

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