Despite reports of waning munitions, spiking gas prices and concerns of no clear objectives moving forward, Senate Republicans are still giving President Donald Trump wiggle room in the war in Iran.Republicans again blocked another war powers resolution to force an immediate withdrawal of America’s military might from Iran on Thursday.Senate Democrats have tried and failed to convince enough of their Republican colleagues to consistently buck the war over a dozen times as it stretches into its fifth month.The latest effort from Sen.
Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., failed along similar lines as last week’s effort, where only a small cohort of Senate Republicans crossed the aisle to end the war.REPUBLICANS FALL IN LINE WITH TRUMP ON IRAN WAR DESPITE RISING COSTS AND US DEATH TOLLPresident Donald Trump during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2026.(Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)One Republican who did join Democrats, but has since reversed course, is Sen.
Bill Cassidy, R-La., who got into a shouting match with Trump and demanded a briefing on the situation in Iran.He got that briefing and has since flipped his vote, which he acknowledged was used as "leverage to get some information." Still, he doesn’t totally support what’s going on, but used "All the King's Men" as an example to show that the situation and the politics of it are not black and white."It is a gradation," Cassidy said."What we're doing here is a gradation, a murkiness, a vagueness, but we're trying to see our way through it.
And I'm trying to see my way through it."WATCH: SCHUMER'S ANTI-CORRUPTION SPEECH DERAILED AFTER HECKLER BRANDS HIM 'GENOCIDAL MANIAC'But he drew a hardline on ground troops entering Iran."If there are ground troops, by definition, there needs to be a declaration of war from Congress on this, period," Cassidy said.The latest votes come as reports of munitions continuing to dwindle have reverberated through Con...