WASHINGTON (AP) — The House for the first time Wednesday approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict that has reordered politics at home and abroad.
House Speaker Mike Johnson had tried to prevent an outcome that would show the mounting opposition to the war, abruptly shutting down floor action two weeks ago when the resolution was on the verge of approval. But displeasure has only grown as the conflict drags on and as Trump struggles to negotiate a plan for peace.
“Enough is enough,” said Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who led the effort.
“It is time for the president to do the right thing,” he said. “The people are tired of suffering because of his war of choice — suffering at the gas pump, suffering at the supermarkets.”
The roll call Wednesday was 215-208, but next steps are uncertain. Trump would likely reject any measure from Congress to limit his commander-in-chief authority. Still, the tally, with four Republicans joining Democrats, was a rebuke of the president’s war strategy, and cheers erupted in the House chamber.
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Via https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-powers-vote-house-9aaadea35f9523c818802286a6553536
The Most Revolutionary Act 
When considering the extent to which increasingly unhinged, desperate and dangerous manufacturers of Petrodollar products (the wealthiest private bankers on Earth, owners of the Petrodollar brand/franchise) may indeed go to protect their privileged money monopolist status (many are worried the premier criminal gangsters on Earth, Netanyahu and/or Trump, will resort to nuclear weapons), – defeatism/surrender is NOT an option.
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I guess the next step is to convince the Senate to approve the war powers act and to eventually increase the vote to a veto-proof majority. It’s good to see Washington finally moving in this direction – at last.
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