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Four GOP yes votes, three GOP absences, and a Cassidy primary-loss flip got S.J.Res. 185 to 50-47 — the count is a procedural breakthrough that does not change the operating record.
Bill Cassidy lost his Louisiana GOP primary on Saturday and cast a war-powers yes on Tuesday — a post-career conscience flip in the Iraq-War tradition.
The president says he was one hour from ordering strikes Monday and gives talks two more days, and his vice president still will not confirm a deal.
Sen. Markey's May 7 letter to FCC Chair Carr has no response on the docket eight days before Disney's renewal filing deadline.
Three days between a Trump-backed primary defeat and a war-powers discharge vote; the post-career receipt has a date and a name.
Tuesday's 50-47 discharge motion gets the resolution to the floor; passage, House action, and a presidential veto are still ahead.