US EditionSchumer says Senate will vote on Iran war powers resolution next week
Democrats say the measure would require congressional approval before any new strikes as fuel prices rise and Republicans largely back Trump.
- On Wednesday, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer announced Democrats will seek a vote next week on a resolution to halt U.S. military action against Iran, hours after President Donald Trump declared a two-week ceasefire.
- Trump's threat that "a whole civilization will die tonight" prompted global censure and calls for his removal, while Democrats criticize the administration's Iran policy for failing to weaken the government amid rising global fuel prices.
- Democrats in Congress have repeatedly failed in recent months to pass war powers resolutions, but the proposed measure aims to reassert legislative authority under the War Powers Act, requiring presidential approval for military operations.
- New York Representative Hakeem Jeffries joined the effort, stating the House should also vote to curb the conflict and calling for a "permanent end" to the military engagement, expanding legislative pressure beyond the Senate.
- While the White House maintains Trump's actions are legal and within his commander-in-chief rights, the resolution challenges this authority, centering on constitutional war powers and whether immediate threats justify bypassing congressional authorization.
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U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that U.S. legislators will again try, next week, to pass a resolution to stop the war with Iran and force President Donald Trump to get Congress approval for any further attack. “Congress must reaffirm its authority, especially at this dangerous time,” Schumer said at a press conference in his New York office, as the Reuters agency designated, a day after Trump announced a two-week cease…
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Democrats to force Iran vote next week
Congressional Democrats are moving to force action on the war in Iran, leaders announced Wednesday. On Thursday morning, House Democrats will try to unanimously constrain Trump’s war powers, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said — a move Republicans will almost certainly block. Then Senate Democrats will force another vote on Trump’s war powers in Iran next week, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in New York, panning the war as “one of the very …
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