美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)抨击参议员比尔·卡西迪(Bill Clinton)支持一项战争权力决议，该决议周二在参议院以微弱优势获得通过。几个小时后，卡西迪帮助特朗普取得了胜利，周三晚间与大多数共和党人一起投票，阻止了一项旨在遏制总统在伊朗的战争权力的单独决议。
周三晚些时候，参议院以47票对50票对1票的投票结果阻止了民主党参议员蒂姆·凯恩领导的战争权力决议向前推进。该决议旨在限制特朗普在伊朗发动战争的能力，但不具有法律效力，在此前的程序性投票中以微弱优势取得了进展。
对于路易斯安那州共和党参议员来说，这是一个引人注目的转变，就在几个小时前，他在特朗普和共和党会议之间的一次午餐中与总统进行了一场大喊大叫的比赛。
卡西迪说，他后来听取了副总统万斯和伊朗问题特使威特科夫的简报。
“我要感谢万斯副总统和威特科夫特使今天下午就伊朗问题所作的详尽通报。我感谢白宫迅速邀请我解决我的许多问题，”卡西迪说。
在最近的战争权力投票中，卡西迪不是唯一改变投票的共和党人。
兰德·保罗投了“出席”票，而不是像以前那样投票支持该决议。
“今晚我将投票表决目前关于战争权力的决议。我对关于战争和行政权力的辩论的观点没有改变，我已经多次这样投票了，”保罗在投票的Xahead上发布。“但是由于敌对行动似乎已经结束，总统要求我考虑他的谈判立场，我将这样做。我现在的投票是给总统更多空间和筹码来谈判持久和平的一种方式。”
共和党参议员苏珊·科林斯和莉萨·穆尔科斯基一如既往地对该决议投了赞成票。所有其他共和党人都投了反对票。
参议员约翰·费特曼是唯一投票反对该决议的民主党人。所有其他民主党人都投了赞成票。参议员米奇·麦康奈尔和麦克·班尼在周三晚上的投票中缺席。
特朗普在其社交媒体平台上发表帖子庆祝周三的投票。
“哇!特朗普在帖子中说:“参议院刚刚改变了对伊朗的投票，从50-48反对，改为50-47赞成。”。“兰德·保罗和比尔·卡西迪变了。感谢领袖约翰·图恩、林赛·格雷厄姆、伯尼·莫雷诺和所有人。这次投票让伊朗注意到了!
特朗普和卡西迪之间早些时候的冲突发生在总统在国会山会见共和党参议员之际。
据多方消息称，川普曾一度称卡西迪为“疯子”。当被美国广播公司问及此事时，卡西迪没有否认。
会后，卡西迪承认他对川普发了脾气。
他问为什么会有人投票支持战争权力法案?他继续说，我说，“这是一个反问，还是你真的想知道?”他说，“我想知道。我站起来说，你还没有告诉美国人民发生了什么。它应该持续四周。已经持续四个月了。我们最初的目标没有实现，我想知道发生了什么，”卡西迪说。
白宫驳回了参议院早些时候对该决议的投票，称其“毫无意义”。
In reversal, Senate votes to block war powers resolution, delivering Trump a win
Hours after President Donald Trump blasted Sen. Bill Cassidy for supporting a war powers resolution that narrowly passed the Senate on Tuesday, Cassidy helped to deliver Trump a victory by voting with the majority of Republicans late Wednesday to block a separate resolution aimed at reining in the president's war powers in Iran from advancing.
The Senate voted 47-50-1 late Wednesday to block a war powers resolution led by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine from moving forward. The resolution, which aims to limit Trump's ability to wage war in Iran but does not have the force of law, had narrowly advanced in a previous procedural vote.
It was a remarkable departure for Louisiana Republican senator who, just hours previously, wasin a shouting matchwith the president during a lunch between Trump and the GOP conference.
Cassidy said he later received a briefing from Vice President JD Vance and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on Iran.
"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,"Cassidy posted.
Cassidy wasn't the only Republican who changed his vote on the latest war powers vote.
Sen. Rand Paul voted 'present' instead of voting to support the resolution as he had previously been doing.
"Tonight I will vote present on the War Powers resolution. My opinion on the debate over war and executive power has not changed and I have voted that way several times,"Paul posted on Xahead of the vote. "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."
Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski voted in favor of the resolution, as they have in the past. All other Republicans voted against it.
Sen. John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote against the resolution. All other Democrats voted for it.Sens. Mitch McConnell and Michael Bennet were absent during Wednesday night's vote.
Trump celebrated Wednesday's vote in a post on his social media platform.
"Wow! The Senate just changed its vote on Iran from 50-48 against, to 50-47 for," Trump said in the post. "Rand Paul and Bill Cassidy changed. Thank you to Leader John Thune, Lindsey Graham, Bernie Moreno, and all. This vote puts Iran on notice!
The earlier clash between Trump and Cassidy came as the president met with Republican senators on Capitol Hill.
At one point, Trump called Cassidy a "lunatic," according to multiple sources. Cassidy did not dispute that when asked by ABC News.
After the meeting, Cassidy acknowledged that he lost his temper with Trump.
"He asked why would anybody vote for the War Powers Act? As he continued, I said, 'is that a rhetorical question, or would you like to really know?' He said, 'I'd like to know.' 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 said.
The White House had dismissed the earlier Senate vote on the resolution, saying it was of "no significance."
