by Jake Johnson | Oct 1, 2026 | Human Rights, Israel, John Fetterman, News, Palestine, west bank
Democratic US Sen. John Fetterman joined nearly every Republican senator on Tuesday in voting against a resolution that would have required the Trump administration to produce an unclassified report on Israeli abuses in the illegally occupied West Bank, including the imprisonment and killing of Palestinian Americans. The resolution, led by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), narrowly failed 47-51…
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by Jon Queally | Sep 25, 2026 | Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Iran, iran war, John Fetterman, News, Pete Hegseth, Republicans, War Powers Resolution
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the lone Democrat on Thursday to help Republicans in the US Senate vote down a resolution to end the “illegal” war of choice launched against Iran by President Donald Trump earlier this year. In the 49-50 vote, the Republican majority blocked the latest resolution calling for an end to the war. While four Republicans — Susan Collins of Maine…
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by Sharon Zhang | Aug 5, 2026 | Democratic Socialists of America, Hasan Piker, Israel, John Fetterman, Jon Stewart, News
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) has been grilled on his extremist support of Israel by Jon Stewart, who highlighted the absurdity of Fetterman’s positions by reminding the senator that Israel is “not our country.” In a clip of Stewart’s podcast that gained traction online on Wednesday, Fetterman expressed his anxieties about the growing influence of the left and progressives who want the…
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by Ashley Murray | Jul 30, 2026 | Iran, John Fetterman, News, Senate, War, War Powers
WASHINGTON — For the second time in as many weeks, a War Powers Resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump’s war with Iran failed to pass the U.S. Senate Thursday. The vote breakdown, 49-50, fell along familiar lines as previous War Powers votes, with Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine supporting the measure.
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by Sharon Zhang | Jul 30, 2026 | 2028 Election, Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran, Israel, John Fetterman, News, Palestine
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) is so unpopular that he would lose his hypothetical re-election by nearly 20 points to a generic “someone else” choice if the election were held today, new polling finds. PennLive/Bravo Group polling released Wednesday asked a group of Pennsylvania voters who they would vote for between Fetterman and “someone else.” Fifty-eight percent of respondents said…
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by Sharon Zhang | Jul 23, 2026 | Chris Van Hollen, Donald Trump, Iran, Israel, John Fetterman, News, War Powers
Conservative Democrat Sen. John Fetterman (Pennsylvania) has cast the deciding vote to defeat yet another Senate war powers resolution aimed at reining in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, just hours after the House passed a provision to do so. The resolution, introduced by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland), failed to advance in a 47 to 49 vote on Thursday. The resolution would require the U.S.
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