House pulls Iran war powers vote ahead of Memorial Day recess
House Republicans have postponed a vote on a resolution aimed at limiting President Trump's war powers regarding Iran. The decision was made just before the Memorial Day recess, with accusations from Democrats that the GOP was avoiding a vote that would likely pass. The resolution was intended to address concerns over escalating military actions and the implications of the War Powers Resolution of 1973.
- ▪House Republicans used a procedural loophole to pull a vote on war powers regarding Iran.
- ▪Rep. Gregory Meeks accused GOP leadership of delaying the vote due to its assured passage.
- ▪The War Powers Resolution of 1973 requires presidential military action to be authorized by Congress after 60 days.
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- ▪ Hmmm: House GOP Punts War Powers Vote to June — HotAir
- ▪ US House Republicans postpone Iran war powers vote until June — Investing.com — News
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House Republicans pulled a vote Thursday, through a procedural loophole, that could have reined in President Donald Trump‘s war powers in Iran ahead of Congress‘s Memorial Day recess. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, accused GOP leadership of delaying the vote because it was assured passage. Recommended Stories Suozzi and Fitzpatrick introduce bill to kill Trump’s $1.776 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund Rep. Jim Jordan asks whether Southern Poverty Law Center paid Jan. 6 confidential sources Julia Letlow presses FCC for TV warnings on transgender content GOLDEN SAVES TRUMP’S WAR POWERS AS GOP OPPOSITION GROWS “What we’ve just seen is how the Republicans are operating,” Meeks, who authored the bill, told reporters. “They like to cheat.
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