JUST IN: Speaker Pelosi says the US House will vote Thursday on a war powers resolution to limit the Trump admin.'s military options against Iran.
Wednesday morning, Trump vowed to keep up the pressure on Tehran with"punishing" new sanctions on top of the heavy economic restraints already in place, but he didn’t suggest any additional military action in response to the overnight missile attack on U.S. targets in Iraq.
In her statement, Pelosi said members of Congress"have serious, urgent concerns about the administration’s decision to engage in hostilities against Iran and about its lack of strategy moving forward. Our concerns were not addressed by the president’s insufficient War Powers Act notification and by the administration’s briefing today."
Iran's retaliatory missile attack thrust the path forward on the war powers resolution into"uncertainty,” Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., said earlier Wednesday, with some Democratic members raising concerns about restricting the president right after the United States was attacked.
A burning vehicle at the Baghdad International Airport following an airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq, early on Jan. 3, 2020.“We won’t move forward until we have the robust support of every corner the caucus," Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said."We want to act in a responsible fashion on behalf of the safety and security of the American people, that is what this is all about.”
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