The comment referred to the president's executive order, which recommends administering the separate shots across different visits, and directs the nation’s health department to improve vaccine research.
Cassidy was asked if he is confident that Blanche will uphold the U.S. Constitution with respect to the upcoming elections: 'I'm confident'
His support likely saves Blanche's nomination, which has been on thin ice for weeks.
GOP Sens. Cassidy and Murkowski met with acting AG Blanche as they weigh whether to support his nomination to serve as attorney general, sources told ABC News.
President Trump's lunch with GOP senators devolved into a lengthy shouting match between him and outgoing Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.). Why it matters: Trump's handling of the war in Iran and the Senate's passage of a war powers resolution consumed the conversation, despite Trump's renewed pressure to pass a voter ID bill and kill the filibuster. - Trump kicked things off by calling out the four Republican senators who voted Tuesday for the war powers resolution to rein in his military campaign in Iran. - Cassidy then stood up, telling Trump, "You have not told the American people what's going on. It was supposed to last four weeks. It's lasted four months," the senator told reporters afterward. It went off the rails from there. The…
Early voting began on Friday, with the runoff set for June 27th. The general election is expected to favor the Republican.
Trump himself will likely not be seeking elected office in 2028, but could work to leave his successor with a more MAGA-friendly upper chamber by primarying his main opponents on the way out.
The 1973 War Powers Act gives the president 60 days to get congressional approval to declare war.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, who lost his bid for a third term in Saturday’s Louisiana Senate Republican primary, on Tuesday became the fourth Republican senator to vote to advance a war powers resolution directing President Trump to withdraw U.S. armed forces deployed against Iran. Cassidy joined Republican Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.), Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa [...]