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Has met him, backed him in public, or asked the White House to work with him. A member who says Iranians have rejected the monarchy is marked against.

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Votes for sanctions and pressure, against any deal that keeps the regime alive, and against pulling American forces out of the fight.

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  Voted Nay: Iran war powers resolution (H.Con.Res. 89) key vote, counts double

  Directs the President to remove US forces from hostilities with Iran. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.

  24 September 2026 · the official record

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  Voted Nay: Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 181)

  Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.

  30 July 2026 · the official record

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  Voted Nay: Iran war powers resolution (H.Con.Res. 86) key vote, counts double

  Directs the President to remove US forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran, except forces needed to defend the United States or an ally from imminent attack, unless Congress authorizes force. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.

  23 June 2026 · the official record

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  Voted Nay: Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 185)

  Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.

  19 May 2026 · the official record

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  Voted Nay: Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 163)

  Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.

  13 May 2026 · the official record

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  Voted Nay: Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 123)

  Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.

  15 April 2026 · the official record

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  Voted Nay: Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 118)

  Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.

  18 March 2026 · the official record

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  Voted Nay: Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 104) key vote, counts double

  Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.

  4 March 2026 · the official record

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  Voted Nay: Iran war powers resolution after the June 2025 strikes (S.J.Res. 59) key vote, counts double

  Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran unless Congress authorized them. It came days after the US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites. A vote for it is a vote to tie the President's hands against the regime.

  27 June 2025 · the official record

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  Cosponsored: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025

  Senate version. Sanctions any foreign company, port, refinery or ship that helps process, export or sell Iranian oil and gas. It goes after the oil money that keeps the regime alive.

  12 February 2025 · the official record

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  Voted Yea: Stop Iranian Drones Act (H.R. 6089)

  Makes clear that US sanctions law covers anyone who supplies, sells or transfers combat drones to or from Iran. It tightens sanctions on the regime's drone program.

  27 April 2022 · the official record

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Backs the people in the streets: sanctions on those who kill them, an open internet when the regime cuts it, and Congress on record on their side.

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  Cosponsored: Condemning the Government of Iran for its suppression of the right of Iranians to peacefully assemble

  Condemns the regime's killing of protesters and bystanders, commends the courage of the Iranian people, and calls for free and fair elections. It puts senators on record with the Iranian people during the uprising.

  11 February 2026 · the official record

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The MEK is an exile group led by Maryam Rajavi that fought beside Saddam Hussein against Iran. Signing one of its resolutions in Congress, or speaking at its events, is a tie.

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  Cosponsored: Expressing support for the Iranian people's desire for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran

  Condemns the regime's terrorism and human rights abuses, cites support for the ten-point plan of Maryam Rajavi, leader of the MEK-linked National Council of Resistance of Iran, and says Iranians 'rejected monarchic dictatorship'. The text backs the ten-point plan of Maryam Rajavi, who leads the political arm of the MEK, and says Iranians have rejected the monarchy. It takes one exile group's side on who should lead after the regime, against Prince Reza Pahlavi. So signing it counts as a tie to the MEK.

  11 February 2021 · the official record

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  Did not sign 2 other MEK-backed resolutions put before them while in office.

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