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Sixty Days In, Dan Sullivan is Still Signing Off on Trump's War
Today marks 60 days since President Trump launched an unauthorized war against Iran without a single vote from Congress. Under the War Powers Act, today’s deadline triggers a legal obligation: authorize the war or end it. But Dan Sullivan is failing to act.
Since Trump launched the war on February 28, Sullivan has voted five times against war powers resolutions that would have reined in the president’s authority. The war has already cost American taxpayers at least $25 billion.
Gas prices jumped nearly 27 cents in a single week as the conflict continues to threaten the Strait of Hormuz. Grocery prices are climbing as the war drives up fuel and fertilizer costs. In rural Alaska, where villages are facing $10 or more per gallon, the price of Trump’s fuel surge poses safety threats to families.
“Dan Sullivan has voted five times to keep Trump’s war going while Alaskans pay $10 a gallon for fuel and lose their health care,” said Senate Majority PAC spokesperson Christyna Thompson. “He didn’t miss a vote when it came to rubber-stamping Trump’s agenda, but he’s missing in action for Alaska. Alaskans are going to remember that in November.”
The war isn’t the only place Sullivan serves as a yes-man for Trump’s agenda. Last June, he voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill, the largest cut to Medicaid and health funding in American history, to fund tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans.