Competing War Powers Resolution Gives Trump a Month-Long Free Pass in Iran
Washington, D.C. — On Tuesday, Punchbowl News reported that six House Democrats are planning to introduce a competing war powers resolution that asks President Donald Trump to end hostilities in Iran within 30 days unless he gets congressional approval—effectively giving him at least a month to continue his illegal war. The Democrats behind the measure include Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Jared Golden (MA), Jim Costa (D-CA) and Greg Landsman (D-OH). The measure is being positioned as an alternative to bipartisan war powers resolutions introduced in the House by Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) and in the Senate by Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Tim Kaine (D-VA). Demand Progress is leading a campaign urging Americans to ask their representatives and senators to support the resolutions.
The following is a statement from Demand Progress Senior Policy Advisor Cavan Kharrazian:
“Of course Democrats who raced to applaud Trump’s illegal war in Iran, and in one case was pardoned by him, would draft a pro-war war powers resolution meant to sabotage the real war powers resolution receiving a vote this week.
This Trojan Horse resolution attempts to give Trump a free pass to continue waging an unauthorized war in Iran for a whole month—exactly the amount of time that Trump has said he expects the war to last. The American people are firmly against this war and will see straight through this ruse.
Representatives need to ignore this bad faith distraction and vote for the bipartisan Khanna-Massie resolution that will actually stop this illegal war and bring our troops home.”