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GOP Senate Holdouts Change Vote After Meeting With President Trump, Killing War Powers Resolution
Reports indicated it turned into something of a shouting match, but in the end, both sides seem to have come to a conclusion.
A group of Senate Republicans, including those who voted in favor of a resolution to limit the president’s war powers in Iran, met with Trump to discuss their concerns on Wednesday.
Shortly thereafter, another vote on the matter showed a clear reversal, with previous skeptics changing their vote to align with the White House’s position.
Fox News provided this breakdown of the events:
What seemed like a predetermined outcome just hours after Trump and Sen. Bill Cassidy,R-La., sparred over the Iran war, and the administration’s lack of forthcomingness with lawmakers, during a closed-door meeting to discuss the president’s marquee voter ID and citizenship verification legislation turned into a surprise late night win.
Trump argued to the GOP that the previous war powers resolution, which passed on Tuesday thanks in part to a pair of Republicans being absent, hurt the administration’s negotiating position with the Iranians.
Meetings with key holdouts at the White House helped change the minds of Cassidy and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who has routinely voted with Democrats on every war powers resolution brought forward, and provided the administration with a win as they work toward a deal beyond the 60-day memorandum of understanding with Iran.
“I want to thank Vice President [JD] Vance and Special Envoy [Steve] Witkoff for the thorough briefing this afternoon on Iran,” Cassidy said on X. “I appreciate the quick invitation to the White House to address many of my concerns.”
And Paul, who voted present, noted that his “opinion on the debate over war and executive power has not changed and I have voted that way several times.”
“But since hostilities seem to be over and the President asked me to give consideration to his negotiating position, I will do so,” Paul said on X. “My vote of present is a way to give the President more space and leverage to negotiate a lasting peace.”
Trump addressed the development in a social media post that attracted significant support from commenters:
Weakening the President during active foreign negotiations was a terrible look. Glad the Senate fixed it
— Vikash Mishra (@MishraVika9dbh) June 25, 2026
Nice to see the Senate finally getting on board, mate. Iran policy needs that strong hand.
— Macro Bombastic (@MacroBombastic) June 25, 2026
Iran was checking the vote…
Then checked it again.
Bad day to refresh the page.
— Sultan (@20053gj) June 25, 2026
I'm still happy to know Louisiana voted Bill Cassidy out of the senate. He should have voted for it the first time around. RINO ⚜️⚜️
— Louisiana Charm (@CajunCharm24) June 25, 2026
Here’s some additional coverage from NewsNation:
Earlier Wednesday, Trump canceled plans to sign a bipartisan housing affordability bill, telling senators that he won’t be signing until the SAVE America Act is passed.
That was the biggest point of contention heading into a meeting with Senate Republicans, announcing he was not signing this housing bill Wednesday because he is demanding that the Senate pass the SAVE America Act.
This is not the first time President Trump has made that demand. He’s actually delayed part of his own agenda, including delaying a nominee for a director of national intelligence and delaying FISA, an important national security bill, until his SAVE America Act is passed.
Surprisingly, that did not come up very much in the meeting, according to senators who were inside the room, with very little pushback from Senate Republicans on that point.
And here’s a look at the timeline:
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