Arizona’s Senators split on June 27 on a proposal that would have restricted the President’s abilities to begin hostilities with Iran before getting Congressional approval. The bipartisan amendment needed 60 votes to pass; the vote was 50-40.
Kyrsten Sinema sided with all voting Democrats to add the check to President Donald Trump’s ability to launch an attack. Four Republicans (Paul, Lee, Collins, Moran) also voted “aye”; Arizona’s Martha McSally voted “nay”.
The short proposed amendment would have been attached to the National Defense Authorization Act. It would have provided an exception for “defend(ing)” against an Iranian attack.
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