Bill Cassidy accuses Trump of treating Congress as ‘merely an appendage’

According to The Guardian, Senator Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, has accused President Trump of treating Congress as "merely an appendage" in his handling of the ongoing Iran war. Cassidy, who lost his primary race after Trump backed a challenger, recently confronted the president over failing to brief lawmakers on the conflict. The senator has publicly supported a war powers resolution meant as a symbolic rebuke to the White House. His criticism is notable as a rare instance of Republican opposition to Trump on a major foreign policy issue.

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