By Shabbos Kestenbaum
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 11, 2026

When the Senate voted on a resolution to limit the president’s authority to continue military operations against Iran, Democrats largely supported the measure as a check on the Trump administration, while Republicans largely opposed it.

Only one Democrat broke with his party to do what was right for the United States. The senator is Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman, who voted with Republicans to oppose the resolution.

Over the weekend, he tweeted, “Why do Democrats now universally condemn what achieves a top, longstanding Democratic priority?” Because he represents the party’s older tradition that understood solidarity with democratic allies and confrontation with authoritarian regimes as progressive values.

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