I will not support a blank check for this war of choice.

Jack Reed · Rhode Island · Democratic

spending impact 0.78 specificity 0.84 extraction confidence 97%

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Evidence

"When do you plan to submit a request to Congress for supplemental funding, as this operation was not included in the Fiscal Year 2026 budget?" ... "I will not support a blank check for this war of choice."

Reed explicitly rejects open-ended war funding and demands congressional review before any supplemental request, which directly aligns with the promise to not support a blank check.

partial same_term A for effort

Reed Demands Trump Admin. Report the Costs of War with Iran
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

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"I will vote for the bipartisan Kaine-Paul resolution and against Trump’s war of choice because he has not articulated a clear rationale or strategy or desired endstate."

Reed publicly commits to voting against the war itself and for a resolution constraining it, showing concrete opposition to open-ended war authority.

partial same_term A for effort

Reed: Congress Must Go on Record with Iran War Vote
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 97%

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Vote Result: Joint Resolution Passed ... Question: On the Joint Resolution (H.J.Res. 114) ... vote to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq.

The official Senate roll call shows the Iraq authorization passed on October 11, 2002, and Reed is documented in later official statements as one of the senators who voted no, confirming a concrete vote against the Iraq war authorization.

partial same_term

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 107th Congress - 2nd Session, Vote 237
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 95%

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"I voted against the 2002 AUMF when it was introduced nearly 20 years ago, and I support its repeal now, which is long overdue."

Reed restates, in an official Senate release, that he voted against the Iraq AUMF and continues to oppose the enduring war authority that came from it.

partial later_term A for effort

Reed Backs Repealing 2002 AUMF
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 99%

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Assessments

delivered same_term

Reed promised not to support an open-ended 'blank check' for a war of choice. In the relevant federal Senate context, the strongest delivery evidence is his concrete vote against H.J.Res. 114, the 2002 Iraq war authorization, during the same term in which the war authority was considered. Later statements and Iran-war releases reinforce a consistent position against open-ended war authority or funding, but the decisive fulfillment is the same-term Senate vote against authorizing the war rather than merely rhetorical opposition.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

delivered same_term

Reed promised not to support an open-ended 'blank check' for a war of choice. In the relevant federal office context, his concrete Senate action aligns with that pledge: he voted against the 2002 Iraq AUMF, the core authorization for the Iraq war, and later official statements consistently reaffirmed opposition to that authority and support for repeal. The later Iran-war statements also show the same position against open-ended war funding and authority, but the decisive fulfillment is the same-term vote against the war authorization rather than merely rhetorical opposition.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%