US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Jun 24) hailed the reversal of the vote that blocked an effort to advance a war powers resolution related to Iran. The U-turn came after two Republican senators changed their positions after Trump lashed out at Republican lawmakers during a closed-door lunch on Capitol Hill. The bill is widely considered symbolic, with little prospect of curbing executive powers as the US president retains the authority to block it through a veto.The reversal came after GOP senators Rand Paul and Bill Cassidy changed their votes. The two had previously voted to restrain Trump’s war powers on Iran. While Paul changed the vote to present, Cassidy voted against the resolution, bringing the final tally to 47-50-1.In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump welcomed the move, “Wow! The Senate just changed its vote on Iran from 50-48 against, to 50-47 for. Rand Paul and Bill Cassidy changed. Thank you to Leader John Thune, Lindsey Graham, Bernie Moreno, and all. This vote puts Iran on notice!”Also read | <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-administration-requests-88-billion-for-iran-war-other-expenses-1782355453624">Trump administration requests $88 billion for Iran war, other expenses</a><h2>Tense Capitol Hill lunch preceded vote switch</h2>According to CNN, the fresh vote came after Republicans had a tense lunch with Trump, where Cassidy told the US president that he would continue voting for war powers measures until Congress and Americans are provided more details on the conflict.“I stood and said, ‘You have not told the American people what’s going on. It was supposed to last four weeks, it’s lasted four months. Our original objectives have not been achieved, and I want to know what’s going on,” Cassidy told reporters.However, he later said that he received a “thorough briefing” from Vice President JD Vance and special envoy Steve Witkoff. In a post on X, Cassidy said, “I want to thank Vice President Vance and Special Envoy Witkoff for the thorough briefing this afternoon on Iran. I appreciate the quick invitation to the White House to address many of my concerns.”Also read | <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/i-stand-for-interests-of-israel-netanyahu-rejects-claims-trump-influences-his-decisions-amid-iran-war-1782095018785">‘I stand for interests of Israel’: Netanyahu rejects claims Trump influences his decisions amid Iran war</a>Meanwhile, Paul said that his opinion on the Middle East war has not changed, but Trump asked him to “give consideration to his negotiating position.”“My 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. My vote of present is a way to give the President more space and leverage to negotiate a lasting peace,” he wrote on X.Watch | Trump: Zelensky is Courageous And Has Strong Military Support<a href="https://www.wionews.com/videos/trump-zelensky-is-courageous-and-has-strong-military-support-1782357109841/embed">https://www.wionews.com/videos/trump-zelensky-is-courageous-and-has-strong-military-support-1782357109841/embed</a>

US President Donald Trump praised a Senate vote reversal on an Iran war powers resolution after two Republican senators changed positions, handing the White House a symbolic victory amid debate over executive authority.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Jun 24) hailed the reversal of the vote that blocked an effort to advance a war powers resolution related to Iran. The U-turn came after two Republican senators changed their positions after Trump lashed out at Republican lawmakers during a closed-door lunch on Capitol Hill. The bill is widely considered symbolic, with little prospect of curbing executive powers as the US president retains the authority to block it through a veto. The reversal came after GOP senators Rand Paul and Bill Cassidy changed their votes. The two had previously voted to restrain Trump’s war powers on Iran. While Paul changed the vote to present, Cassidy voted against the resolution, bringing the final tally to 47-50-1. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump welcomed the move, “Wow! The Senate just changed its vote on Iran from 50-48 against, to 50-47 for. Rand Paul and Bill Cassidy changed. Thank you to Leader John Thune, Lindsey Graham, Bernie Moreno, and all. This vote puts Iran on notice!” Also read | Trump administration requests $88 billion for Iran war, other expenses Tense Capitol Hill lunch preceded vote switch According to CNN, the fresh vote came after Republicans had a tense lunch with Trump, where Cassidy told the US president that he would continue voting for war powers measures until Congress and Americans are provided more details on the conflict. “I stood and said, ‘You have not told the American people what’s going on. It was supposed to last four weeks, it’s lasted four months. Our original objectives have not been achieved, and I want to know what’s going on,” Cassidy told reporters. However, he later said that he received a “thorough briefing” from Vice President JD Vance and special envoy Steve Witkoff. In a post on X, Cassidy said, “I want to thank Vice President Vance and Special Envoy Witkoff for the thorough briefing this afternoon on Iran. I appreciate the quick invitation to the White House to address many of my concerns.” Also read | ‘I stand for interests of Israel’: Netanyahu rejects claims Trump influences his decisions amid Iran war Meanwhile, Paul said that his opinion on the Middle East war has not changed, but Trump asked him to “give consideration to his negotiating position.” “My 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. My vote of present is a way to give the President more space and leverage to negotiate a lasting peace,” he wrote on X. Watch | Trump: Zelensky is Courageous And Has Strong Military Support https://www.wionews.com/videos/trump-zelensky-is-courageous-and-has-strong-military-support-1782357109841/embed

US President Donald Trump praised a Senate vote reversal on an Iran war powers resolution after two Republican senators changed positions, handing the White House a symbolic victory amid debate over executive authority.

‘This vote puts Iran on notice’: Trump lauds reversal of Senate war powers vote

Kamala Harris on Tuesday set the record for breaking the most ties in the Senate by a U.S. vice president as she cast a vote to confirm President Joe Biden's nominee Loren AliKhan to become the first South Asian woman judge on the federal district court in Washington.

Kamla Harris breaks record for tie-breaking senate votes

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers began shutting down operations on Monday with the US government closed, as a bipartisan group of senators tried to negotiate a deal just hours before the full Senate planned another vote to restore funding.

As government employees prepared for the first weekday since the shutdown began at midnight Friday, US senators were to vote at midday on a funding bill to get the lights back on in Washington and across the government until early February.

Support for the bill was uncertain after Republicans and Democrats spent the weekend trying to strike a deal, only to go home for the night short of an agreement.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell late Sunday rescheduled an overnight vote on a measure to fund government operations through February 8, for 12 pm EST (1700 GMT) on Monday.

At the US Capitol, a group of bipartisan senators met on Monday morning in search of a deal but came out disagreeing on whether progress was made.

&quot;We&#39;re in a pretty good space right now,&quot; Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said as she left the meeting. But Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said senators remained in a stalemate.

White House legislative director Marc Short told the Fox Business Network he did not believe the Senate would get the 60 votes needed to move on funding legislation that would reopen the government.

&quot;I think that that pressure is building, but I&#39;m not sure we&#39;ll quite get to 60 today,&quot; he said.

President Donald Trump continued blaming Democrats for the funding lapse, citing their demand that protections for young illegal immigrants be included in any deal.

&quot;The Democrats are turning down services and security for citizens in favour of services and security for non-citizens. Not good,&quot; the Republican president said on Twitter.

Democrats have accused Trump of backing out of a number of deals after pressure from immigration hard-liners. The president has not appeared in public since the shutdown began.

Federal employees received notices on Saturday about whether they were exempt from the shutdown, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said. Depending on their schedules, some were told to stay home or to go to work for up to four hours on Monday to shut their operation, then go home. None will get paid.

Up until Monday, most federal workers were not directly affected by the shutdown that began at midnight on Friday.

Federal government operations varied from agency to agency, with a number of critical functions continuing. The shutdown will not interrupt combat operations in Afghanistan and other military activities, the Defense Department said, and federal law enforcement officers remained on duty.

US cybersecurity functions were continuing, Mulvaney said, and CIA Director Mike Pompeo told the &quot;CBS This Morning&quot; program that agency operations were not affected.

Markets have absorbed the shutdown drama over the last week, and on Monday morning world stocks and US bond markets largely shrugged off Washington&#39;s standoff even as the dollar continued its pullback. US stocks were mixed in early trading.

&#39;Dreamers&#39; drama

The US government has not been shut down since 2013 when about 800,000 federal workers were put on furlough. That impasse prevented passage of a needed funding bill centered on former Democratic President Barack Obama&#39;s health care law.

The problem this time focused on immigration policy, principally President Donald Trump&#39;s order last year ending an Obama program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which gave legal protections to &quot;Dreamer&quot; immigrants.

The &quot;Dreamers&quot; are young people who were brought to the United States illegally as children by their parents or other adults, mainly from Mexico and Central America, and who mostly grew up in the United States.

Trump said last year he would end DACA on March 5 and asked Congress to come up with a legislative fix before then to prevent Dreamers from being deported.

Democrats have withheld support for a temporary funding bill to keep the government open over the DACA issue. McConnell extended an olive branch on Sunday, pledging to bring immigration legislation up for debate after Feb. 8 so long as the government remained open.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer objected to the plan and it was unclear whether McConnell&#39;s pledge would be enough for Democrats to support a stopgap funding bill.

Republicans control both the House of Representatives and the Senate, where they have a slim 51-49 majority. But most legislation requires 60 Senate votes to pass, giving Democrats leverage.

Congress failed last year to pass a complete budget by Oct. 1, the beginning of the federal fiscal year, and the government has been operating on a series of three stopgap spending bills.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers began shutting down operations on Monday with the US government closed

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers began shutting down operations on Monday with the US government closed, as a bipartisan group of senators tried to negotiate a deal just hours before the full Senate planned another vote to restore funding. As government employees prepared for the first weekday since the shutdown began at midnight Friday, US senators were to vote at midday on a funding bill to get the lights back on in Washington and across the government until early February. Support for the bill was uncertain after Republicans and Democrats spent the weekend trying to strike a deal, only to go home for the night short of an agreement. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell late Sunday rescheduled an overnight vote on a measure to fund government operations through February 8, for 12 pm EST (1700 GMT) on Monday. At the US Capitol, a group of bipartisan senators met on Monday morning in search of a deal but came out disagreeing on whether progress was made. "We're in a pretty good space right now," Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said as she left the meeting. But Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said senators remained in a stalemate. White House legislative director Marc Short told the Fox Business Network he did not believe the Senate would get the 60 votes needed to move on funding legislation that would reopen the government. "I think that that pressure is building, but I'm not sure we'll quite get to 60 today," he said. President Donald Trump continued blaming Democrats for the funding lapse, citing their demand that protections for young illegal immigrants be included in any deal. "The Democrats are turning down services and security for citizens in favour of services and security for non-citizens. Not good," the Republican president said on Twitter. Democrats have accused Trump of backing out of a number of deals after pressure from immigration hard-liners. The president has not appeared in public since the shutdown began. Federal employees received notices on Saturday about whether they were exempt from the shutdown, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said. Depending on their schedules, some were told to stay home or to go to work for up to four hours on Monday to shut their operation, then go home. None will get paid. Up until Monday, most federal workers were not directly affected by the shutdown that began at midnight on Friday. Federal government operations varied from agency to agency, with a number of critical functions continuing. The shutdown will not interrupt combat operations in Afghanistan and other military activities, the Defense Department said, and federal law enforcement officers remained on duty. US cybersecurity functions were continuing, Mulvaney said, and CIA Director Mike Pompeo told the "CBS This Morning" program that agency operations were not affected. Markets have absorbed the shutdown drama over the last week, and on Monday morning world stocks and US bond markets largely shrugged off Washington's standoff even as the dollar continued its pullback. US stocks were mixed in early trading. 'Dreamers' drama The US government has not been shut down since 2013 when about 800,000 federal workers were put on furlough. That impasse prevented passage of a needed funding bill centered on former Democratic President Barack Obama's health care law. The problem this time focused on immigration policy, principally President Donald Trump's order last year ending an Obama program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which gave legal protections to "Dreamer" immigrants. The "Dreamers" are young people who were brought to the United States illegally as children by their parents or other adults, mainly from Mexico and Central America, and who mostly grew up in the United States. Trump said last year he would end DACA on March 5 and asked Congress to come up with a legislative fix before then to prevent Dreamers from being deported. Democrats have withheld support for a temporary funding bill to keep the government open over the DACA issue. McConnell extended an olive branch on Sunday, pledging to bring immigration legislation up for debate after Feb. 8 so long as the government remained open. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer objected to the plan and it was unclear whether McConnell's pledge would be enough for Democrats to support a stopgap funding bill. Republicans control both the House of Representatives and the Senate, where they have a slim 51-49 majority. But most legislation requires 60 Senate votes to pass, giving Democrats leverage. Congress failed last year to pass a complete budget by Oct. 1, the beginning of the federal fiscal year, and the government has been operating on a series of three stopgap spending bills.

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