Senate Reverses Iran War Vote to 50-47 After Trump Presses Paul and Cassidy

3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Jun 25

Two Republican switches turned a 50-48 vote against Trump’s Iran position into a 50-47 win late June 24, after Rand Paul and Bill Cassidy changed course within hours of meeting the president.
Cassidy said a White House session with JD Vance and envoy Steve Witkoff addressed his concerns, while Paul said his view on executive war powers had not changed but he deferred to Trump’s negotiating position because hostilities seemed over.
The reversal followed a volatile Capitol Hill meeting in which Trump and Cassidy clashed over Iran, and came after four Republicans had joined Democrats a day earlier in a separate Senate rebuke of the conflict.
Trump hailed the symbolic vote as putting Iran "on notice," while the Senate heads into a two-week July Fourth recess before Republicans return to defense and other legislative priorities.