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Senators accuse Republican ‘gelatinous blobs’ of caving to Trump on Iran war

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Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, right, with Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, in November 2022. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Senior Democrats accused Republicans in the US Congress of becoming “gelatinous blobs” who won’t stand up to Donald Trump and “rubber stamps” for his war on Iran.

Elizabeth Warren, a US senator for Massachusetts, and Chris Van Hollen, a US senator for Maryland, argued that the Republican-controlled Congress had surrendered its constitutional authority to the president.

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