Fox News Iran War Powers Resolution

    by Flint: Donald Trump

    It's now official: both chambers of Congress have passed an Iran War Powers Resolution against President Trump. However, the measure carries no binding authority , it's purely symbolic. The Senate cast nearly a dozen votes on this non-binding effort. Full context here:

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    I'm back here in Washington, Will. The president, of course, still facing some criticism on Capitol Hill for this Iran deal, including from his own members of his own party. And the Democrats today took advantage of that. They put the House's War Powers Resolution on the floor today. It did pass 50 to 48. Among the GOP yeses were Cassidy, Collins, Paul, and Murkowski. Fetterman, John Fetterman, the Democrat, voted no, actually. Senator Mitch McConnell and Dave McCormick were not present to vote. Of course, McCormick was in Pennsylvania with the president, so those numbers really favor the Democrats in passing this. It does not go to the president's desk. It is just a symbolic vote, but it is a rebuke of the president's authorities on the Iran war.