It took four tries trying to get around a cowardly Republican House leadership, but there's a resolution now to end trump's failed war against Iran (via Claudia Grisales at NPR):
A bipartisan majority in the Republican-led House voted on Wednesday to end the war with Iran, the clearest rebuke yet of President Trump's handling of the conflict and the subsequent economic fallout.
The war powers resolution passed by a vote of 215 to 208, with four Republicans joining Democrats in support.
The resolution had originally been set for a vote two weeks ago, but Republican leaders sent House members home early for a May recess when it appeared the largely Democratic-backed measure had enough Republican votes for passage. However, the extended break didn't shift GOP support to kill the measure...
The vote is mostly symbolic. Democrats, despite multiple attempts, have been unable to pass a war powers resolution through the Republican-led Senate. Even if the measure passed in Congress, it would almost certainly be vetoed by President Trump, whose administration has questioned the constitutionality of the War Powers Act.
Still, Senate Democrats have been inching closer. Last month, they won support on a procedural measure to set up a war powers vote after a handful of Republicans broke ranks to join them. A final vote has yet to be scheduled.
Given how there are a number of anti-war Republican Senators - some of whom have nothing to lose going against trump's tirades and kneecapping - there is a good chance the Senate will approve the resolution.
It won't stop trump and his lackeys from pursuing more violence and stupidity against Iran, but it will put him on notice that he's not going to get help from congresscritters when (not if) he screws up even more in his overseas follies.
That Speaker Mike Johnson couldn't kill this vote outright signals how ineffective his leadership has been the last two years, and how meager a majority the Republicans control the House heading into a midterms that's screaming Blue Wave.
The voters have a chance here to ensure their anti-war, anti-tariff, anti-trump views gain position in Congress well enough to bring this corrupt trump rule to heel.
GET THE GODDAMN VOTE OUT, AMERICA, AND KICK EVERY BROKEN REPUBLICAN OUT OF OFFICE FOR GOOD.
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It won't get him out of Iran, but it might make him think twice about Cuba.
-Doug in Sugar Pine
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