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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

They sure showed him!

POLITICO

Senate Republicans say it's time to give Trump a reality check
A Wednesday lunch could bring weeks of interbranch tensions to a head.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said Monday that passage of difficult bills "doesn't just magically occur, no matter how much you wish it would happen." |
Francis Chung/POLITICO
By JORDAIN CARNEY
06/22/2026 08:35 PM EDT

President Trump walks alongside Senate Majority Leader John Thune before a closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, on June 24.
KENNY HOLSTON
Senate Republicans reject war powers resolution after Trump berates them at Capitol meeting
Senate Republicans who were berated by President Trump over opposition to his war in Iran held a late-night vote Wednesday to try to appease him, rejecting a war powers resolution a day after a similar measure passed

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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

(In case it isn't clear, Trump berated them into changing their votes to reject the War Powers Resolution, allowing the Iran war to continue, two days after they told Politico they would give Trump a reality check.)

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