By Evaristo Lara
The House of Representatives voted to limit President Donald Trump’s powers in the declared war against Iran that has been going on for more than three months. affecting the global economy.
The vote was 215 to 208 and highlights that Republican representatives Thomas Massie, Brian Fitzpatrick, Tom Barrett and Warren Davidson supported a resolution that leaves the New York magnate in a bad light. in front of the eyes of the entire world.
Democrat Gregory Meeks, representative of New York and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was the one who introduced the resolution.
Now, the so-called concurrent resolution must be approved by both chambers, but it will not be sent to the nation’s president to sign it.
Under the War Powers Act, the 79-year-old president is prohibited from keeping US troops on active missions for more than 60 days without congressional approval.
“I think it is very dangerous to deprive the government and the commander in chief of the ability to negotiate at this time. That’s what this causes. It weakens us, weakens our position and our influence in the peace negotiations in this situation. ‘Operation Epic Fury’ has concluded.
The president is now in the process of concluding a peace agreement, and we must give him the freedom to do so.. “I think that a resolution on war powers at this time is very inappropriate, and something very negative and dangerous for the country,” said Mike Johnson, president of the House of Representatives, in an interview with the television network. cnn.
Democrat Jared Huffman, representative of California, referred to the importance of both the House of Representatives and the Senate closing ranks with the aim of concluding the war against the Islamic Republic.
“It is something very powerful. We are getting closer to both houses of Congress declaring this an illegal war. That is very important. What he has done is becoming increasingly unsustainable,” he explained in front of some members of the press.
Although Trump is expected to veto the outcome of the war powers vote, that still represents a symbolic defeat heading into the midterm elections.
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