Article snippet: A War Powers measure passed the House of Representatives on Thursday in what Democrats pushing it said was an effort to restrain President Donald Trump’s power when it comes to military response to Iranian aggression. The measure passed along mostly partisan lines, and technically it does not have any actual teeth because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) structured it as a “concurrent resolution,” which by definition will never make it to the president’s desk. The vote passed 224–194, with eight Democrats voting against it and just three Republicans voting for it. The three Republicans who voted for it were Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Francis Rooney (R-FL), and Thomas Massie (R-KY): The eight Democrats who voted against it were: Reps. Max Rose (D-NY), Ben McAdams (D-UT), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), and Stephanie Murphy (D-FL): While the handful of Republicans who voted for it said their votes for the measure were based on principle, perhaps the bigger story is how Democrats lost eight of their members and lost many of the Republicans who had previously supported a War Powers resolution that was substantial last year on the U.S.’s involvement in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. Both Massie and Gaetz previously backed the Yemen War Powers fight back in last April’s floor vote, and Rooney was not voting in that vote. But a number of Republicans who voted for the Yemen War Powers resolutio... Link to the full article to read more