Senate Republicans reject Iran war powers measure after Trump pressure
Late-night vote came hours after US president berated GOP senators over opposition to the conflict
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Senate Republicans rejected a war powers resolution in a late-night vote, hours after they were berated by https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump over opposition to his controversial war on Iran.
The US president was said to have harangued GOP senators during a lunch on Capitol Hill earlier on Wednesday.
The previous day, they had angered the White House by allowing a vote to block Trump’s war in Iran.
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