The House today voted to curtail military action against Iran, the latest turn in a tussle over President Trump's war powers after nearly a year of heightened tensions in the Middle East
Democrats — and a handful of Republicans wary of expansive presidential powers — have been seeking to restrict Trump's aims on Iran since last year.
Since then, the House has passed its own war powers resolution, which the Senate did not take up. House Democrats also pushed through legislation from progressive California Reps. Ro Khanna and Barbara Lee, respectively, to block funding for offensive military operations against Iran that aren't authorized by Congress and repeal the 2002 Iraq war authorization the administration employed to justify killing Soleimani.
"The drafters of the War Powers Resolution accounted for the situation we are in today," Engel said on the House floor. "They were clear that Congress' powers are not as narrow as the administration would like us to believe, and apparently as some members of this body would like us to believe.
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