After Senate advanced debate, will the House also advance an Iran war powers resolution before 6/1?
74% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 35 predictions cast.
The House did not advance an Iran war powers resolution before June 1. House Republican leaders canceled a scheduled floor vote on May 21 after it became clear that a coalition of anti-war Republicans and Democrats had assembled enough votes to pass a resolution that would have compelled President Trump to seek congressional authorization for the ongoing military campaign against Iran.
Rather than hold a vote they were likely to lose, GOP leadership pulled the measure from the floor schedule before the Memorial Day recess. Lead sponsor Rep. Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the coalition had the votes and accused leadership of procedural avoidance. Several Republicans cited the War Powers Resolution of 1973, which gives a president 60 days to conduct military operations without congressional approval — a window that had already expired in the Iran conflict.
The vote is expected to be revisited when Congress returns from recess in June. The community correctly read the legislative dynamics, with 74 percent voting NO.