Spectrum News 1: House Democrats Vote to Reassert War Authority in Congress
Washington,
January 10, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Democrats approved a war powers resolution to reassert their authority in Congress to limit the president’s military actions regarding Iran. The vote follows an Iranian attack on Iraqi bases that housed U.S. troops, which was in retaliation to the president’s orders for an airstrike that killed a top Iranian general…Los Angeles Democrat Jimmy Gomez said the president using the Authorization Act of 2002, which states the ability for the Commander in Chief to use “military force against Iraq,” is unreasonable because while the attacks happened in Iraq, the U.S. struck against Iran. “If a bill that would repeal the authorization to use military force from 2002 comes up I will be supporting that as well, to repeal it,” said Gomez.
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