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Congress passes resolution to restrain Trump on Iran
Deutsche Welle ^ | 03.11.2020 | lc/rc (AP, AFP)

Posted on 03/11/2020 9:56:01 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Both chambers of the US Congress on Wednesday gave final approval to a resolution to restrain President Donald Trump from attacking Iran. The vote comes after months of soaring tensions between the US and Iran.

The House of Representatives voted 227-186 to join the Senate in support of the resolution. The measure would prevent any military action against Iran without Congress voting for it explicitly.

However, the resolution is likely to be vetoed by Trump, due to the lack of a majority within the Democratic Party and divergent Republicans. […]

The resolution “sends a clear message that American people don’t want war with Iran and that Congress has not authorized war with Iran,” said Rep. Eliot Engel, a New York Democrat and chairman of the House of Foreign Affairs Committee. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dhimmitude; duplicate; eliotengel; iran; jcpoa; obamalegacy; rop; tds; warpowersact
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1 posted on 03/11/2020 9:56:01 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

that’s okay. Wuhan gonna take them out.


2 posted on 03/11/2020 9:57:13 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Olog-hai

I’m glad our crack congress is on the s*** that matters.

WTF would any of us do without them?


3 posted on 03/11/2020 9:58:19 PM PDT by chris37 (Impeach Chief Obama Injustice Roberts, a fraud, a clown and a tyrant!)
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To: Olog-hai

Congress weighs in on the side of America’s enemies.


4 posted on 03/11/2020 10:00:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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I must have missed it when Trump said he actually wanted to go to war with Iran.


5 posted on 03/11/2020 10:04:23 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: BenLurkin

And this after the Jerusalem Post is reporting that two American soldiers in Iraq were killed today by rockets from Iranian backed militias

Trying to tie the president’s hands in the face of lethal attacks by an enemy sure sounds like giving aid and comfort to the enemy.


6 posted on 03/11/2020 10:04:52 PM PDT by EvilOverlord (Socialism makes workers into slaves and couch potatoes into kings)
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To: Olog-hai

Treason Iran is our enemy and they give them cash, and aid and confort


7 posted on 03/11/2020 10:07:52 PM PDT by stuckincali
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To: Olog-hai

Which Republican traitors voted for this?


8 posted on 03/11/2020 10:09:11 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Olog-hai

Righteously VETO BAIT!


9 posted on 03/11/2020 10:15:35 PM PDT by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: EvilOverlord
Concur.

Remember John Kerry's daughter *married* an Iranian bigwig. Wonder how long till she gets Coronavirus?

10 posted on 03/11/2020 10:19:58 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Olog-hai

Meanwhile, Trump is getting us out of Afghanistan...oh, the Congress did not notice??


11 posted on 03/11/2020 10:23:21 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Olog-hai

Surprised they haven’t passed a similar resolution on going to war with space aliens. After all Trump created Space Force, he must be looking to start an interstellar war.


12 posted on 03/11/2020 10:24:18 PM PDT by DannyTN
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Don’t be deporting any purple people eaters either. That’s just racist.


13 posted on 03/11/2020 10:25:05 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

F congress. It is time that where we go one we go all. E plurus union And all.


14 posted on 03/11/2020 10:26:46 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( #wwg1wga)
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To: Olog-hai

Engel voted to impeach President Trump. He is not ethically qualified to speak on behalf of the American people.


15 posted on 03/11/2020 10:26:54 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: Olog-hai

Probably because all of their children have lucrative jobs tied to Iran.


16 posted on 03/11/2020 10:33:58 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Jerusalem is the city of the Great King!!!)
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To: Olog-hai

The President is specifically authorized to conduct a military operation for 60 days without a Congressional declaration of war.

In the case of this stupid resolution, it looks like the Congress is promoting the narrative that the opportune hit on the Iranian assassin almost caused WWIII, so that they can pound their own chests and proclaim that their resolution prevented this war. Of course, there never was any danger that WWIII would erupt, and the assassin should have been taken out years ago.

Idiots. Playing politics, still, when there are far more important things going on. Like a pandemic.


17 posted on 03/11/2020 10:38:57 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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To: DannyTN

We should be on high alert over those Klingons around Uranus.


18 posted on 03/11/2020 10:58:09 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: DannyTN

Directed at Democratic members of Congress, of course.


19 posted on 03/11/2020 10:58:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: RummyChick

Congress?


20 posted on 03/11/2020 11:07:41 PM PDT by TigersEye (MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
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