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Republican senator in shouting match with Trump on Iran as housing bill stalls

Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy describes heated exchange after Trump questioned War Powers Act at GOP luncheon US politics – live updates Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A Republican senator who lost re-election after Donald Trump endorsed his primary challenger said he got into a heated argument with the president on Wednesday amid discontent in Congress over the war with Iran and Trump’s demand that the GOP pass a bill that would impose a host of new rules on voting nationwide. The squabble between Trump and the Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy erupted at a lunch in the US Capitol after the president abruptly cancelled a signing ceremony for a housing bill that passed both chambers with rare overwhelming bipartisan support on Wednesday. Trump said he would withhold his signature from the legislation, aimed at lowering the cost of housing, until Congress passes the Save Americ

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Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy describes heated exchange after Trump questioned War Powers Act at GOP luncheon US politics – live updates Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A Republican senator who lost re-election after Donald Trump endorsed his primary challenger said he got into a heated argument with the president on Wednesday amid discontent in Congress over the war with Iran and Trump’s demand that the GOP pass a bill that would impose a host of new rules on voting nationwide. The squabble between Trump and the Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy erupted at a lunch in the US Capitol after the president abruptly cancelled a signing ceremony for a housing bill that passed both chambers with rare overwhelming bipartisan support on Wednesday. Trump said he would withhold his signature from the legislation, aimed at lowering the cost of housing, until Congress passes the Save Americ

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According to The Guardian’s linked item, Republican senator in shouting match with Trump on Iran as housing bill stalls, Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy describes heated exchange after Trump questioned War Powers Act at GOP luncheon US politics – live updates Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A Republican senator who lost re-election after Donald Trump endorsed his primary challenger said he got into a heated argument with the president on Wednesday amid discontent in Congress over the war with Iran and Trump’s demand that the GOP pass a bill that would impose a host of new rules on voting nationwide. The squabble between Trump and the Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy erupted at a lunch in the US Capitol after the president abruptly cancelled a signing ceremony for a housing bill that passed both chambers with rare overwhelming bipartisan support on Wednesday. Trump said he would withhold his signature from the legislation, aimed at lowering the cost of housing, until Congress passes the Save Americ

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