The House voted to curtail President Trump’s ability to wage war in Iran Thursday, just before lawmakers are set to break for a five-week recess. The lower chamber adopted a war powers resolution in a 214-208 vote, demanding Trump wind down the military campaign in Iran.
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives backed a resolution on Thursday directing President Donald Trump to halt U.S. military action against Iran unless he obtains Congress' approval, but the Senate voted hours later to block a separate, similar measure.
U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) speaks with reporters alongside U.S. Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) and U.S. Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX), after the House passed a war powers resolution on the ongoing conflict with Iran on Thursday on Capitol Hill.
A protester with a poster featuring a picture of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on his head joins a demonstration with Houthi supporters in solidarity with Iran and Lebanon, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran March 6 in Sanaa, Yemen.
U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) speaks with reporters alongside U.S. Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) and U.S. Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX), after the House passed a war powers resolution on the ongoing conflict with Iran on Thursday on Capitol Hill.
A protester with a poster featuring a picture of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on his head joins a demonstration with Houthi supporters in solidarity with Iran and Lebanon, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran March 6 in Sanaa, Yemen.
