The House rejected a resolution Thursday requiring President Donald Trump
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voiced concern that the United States is becoming further entrenched in another lengthy conflict in the Middle East. They promised to keep raising the issue through more war powers votes in the coming weeks.
The 213-214 vote came one day after a similar effort failed in the Senate. The US and Israel struck Iran on February 28, and a fragile ceasefire is now in its second week.
The aim of the operations were to degrade the Iranian regime’s military capabilities, distance threats posed by Iran — including its nuclear and ballistic missile programs — and "create the conditions" for the Iranian people to topple the regime, the military and other Israeli leaders have said.
Democrats overwhelmingly supported the attempt to rein in Trump’s use of military force.
"We’re standing at the edge of a cliff and Congress must act before the president pushes off," said New York Rep. Gregory Meeks, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. "Every day we delay, we inch closer to a conflict with no exit ramp."
Republicans tried to cast the effort as hypocritical.
Florida Rep. Brian Mast, the committee chairman, said Congress never voted on a war powers resolution when the US attacked Iranian-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets
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"When Joe Biden was responding to merchant marine vessels being attacked, it was OK. No war power needed. It went on for about a year," Mast said. "President Trump responds — war power, war power, war power. ... That’s the hypocrisy."
Under the War Powers Act of 1973, Congress must declare war or authorize use of force within 60 days — a deadline in the Iran war that will arrive at the end of April. The law provides for a potential 30-day extension, but politicians have made clear that they want the Republican administration to soon lay out a plan for the war’s end.
While the House vote failed, it gave Democrats an opportunity to highlight some of the most negative effects of the war: the billions of dollars spent, the death of at least 13 service members, the soaring gas prices, and fissures with long-standing allies who do not support Trump’s actions.
"Gas prices at home are up to $7 in my home state, and families are hurting," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat. "Another 10,000 US troops are being sent in to join 50,000 already stationed in the Middle East with absolutely no strategy, no plan and no exit."
Republicans defended Trump as taking decisive action against an Iranian government that has long terrorized the Middle East and its own people.
"President Donald Trump has sent a message that those who threaten the United States and our partners will be ultimately held accountable," said Rep. Joe Wilson, a South Carolina Republican.
In Thursday’s vote, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky was the only Republican to cross party lines and vote for removing US forces from the war. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine was the only Democrat to vote against the measure.
The first House vote to curb Trump’s military action with Iran failed in early March, 212-219.
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