Article snippet: Three Republicans and eight Democrats bucked their parties on a resolution aimed at reining in MORE’s ability to launch additional military actions against Iran without first receiving authorization from Congress. GOP Reps. MORE (Va.) voted against the measure. The concurrent resolution — introduced by freshman Rep. MORE (D-Mich.), a former Department of Defense official and CIA analyst — ultimately passed the House in a 224-194 vote. While Trump tweeted ahead of the vote encouraging Republicans to remain unified against the measure — which Democrats introduced in response to his decision to launch an airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani — Gaetz said he felt comfortable voting for the resolution after his amendment stripping language taking aim at the president for targeting Solemani was added. "I don't think that our country needs to get pulled into another forever Middle East war in the absence of congressional approval. I'm very pleased that my amendment stripping out any reference to Soleimani, stripping out any critique of the president was adopted, and as a result, I'm going to vote for the resolution," he told The Hill. "I had a very productive conversation with the president and I know that he wants to end these wars as badly as I do. Matter of fact, he told me that he wants to end these wars even more than I do." Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who is known for his libertarian leanings, said he believes Congress needs to reclaim its Arti... Link to the full article to read more
The lawmakers who bucked their parties on the war powers resolution | TheHill
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