U.S. lawmakers were divided over Trump's Iran argument following classified briefings to discuss the president's order to target Qassem Soleimani. Congressional Democrats scheduled a vote on legislation to limit Trump’s ability to wage war
WASHINGTON - Trump administration officials failed to convince Democratic U.S. lawmakers, and some Republicans, on Wednesday that an imminent threat had justified the killing of a top Iranian military commander, and congressional Democrats scheduled a vote on legislation to rein in the president’s ability to wage war.
Underscoring the deep partisan divide in the Capitol,Democrats - and at least two Republicans - said flatly the officials had not provided evidence to back up assertions by Trump and military commanders that Soleimani had posed an “imminent threat” to the United States. U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said shortly afterward that the Democratic-controlled chamber would vote on a war powers resolution as soon as Thursday.
The war powers resolution directs Trump to terminate the use of the U.S. military in or against Iran, unless Congress has declared war or passed an authorization for the use of force against it.The classified briefings came hours after Iranian forces fired missiles at military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq, in retaliation for the killing of the Iranian general.
Senator Roy Blunt, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Soleimani was the “No. 1 terrorist mastermind” and that he thought Trump had sent a strong and important signal to America’s adversaries and its friends “that the president is going to make the hard decisions.”
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