President
Donald Trump may have spoken about Iran on Wednesday, but on Thursday,
it was the House's turn.
The lower
chamber passed a War Powers Resolution by a vote of 224-194, which would limit the
President's ability to use military action against Iran without
congressional approval.
The resolution
didn't pass on a party-line vote, either. Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz,
Thomas Massie and Francis Rooney crossed party lines to vote in favor
while Democratic Reps. Max Rose, Ben McAdams, Anthony Brindisi, Joe
Cunningham, Elaine Luria, Josh Gottheimer, Kendra Horn and Stephanie
Murphy voted against the resolution.
The
resolution, sponsored by Michigan Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin,
called on the President "to terminate the use of United States
Armed Forces to engage in hostilities in or against Iran" unless
Congress declares war or enacts "specific statutory
authorization" for the use of armed forces.
While the
Democratic-controlled House had enough votes to clear its Iran war
powers resolution (even with defectors), it would be an uphill climb
for the resolution to pass in the Republican-led Senate.
On
Wednesday, two Senate Republicans said they’d support the measure,
based on their issues with the administration’s evidence to get
involved with Iran in the first place: Mike Lee and Rand Paul. But two more
votes are still needed for the resolution to pass the Senate.
The Point:
This was the first of two big battles on the Hill this week (the other
is impeachment), but this one we didn't
exactly see coming.
-- Lauren
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