Trump vetoes Iran War Powers resolution

[Travis The Dragon]

President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the Iran War Powers resolution, a bipartisan effort to rein in presidential authority to use military force against Iran without congressional approval.
Trump called it a "very insulting resolution" and argued the measure was "based on misunderstandings of facts and law" in a statement.
"This indefinite prohibition is unnecessary and dangerous," the White House said in a separate message to the Senate on Wednesday.
Trump had long threatened a veto, which Congress isn't expected to have enough votes to override.
But passage of the resolution, which Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia introduced following the President's decision to order a strike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in January, represented a significant rebuke of the President and highlighted congressional support for efforts to check the executive branch's war-making powers.

Trump vetoes Iran War Powers resolution

President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the Iran War Powers resolution, a bipartisan effort to rein in presidential authority to use military force against Iran without congressional approval.

www.cnn.com

 

[Drumboy44]

The Senate today failed to override President Trump’s veto of a war-powers resolution that would have directed the president not to use military force against Iran unless authorized by Congress

Senate Fails to Override Trump Veto of Resolution on Force Against Iran

The Senate failed to override President Trump’s veto of a war-powers resolution that would have directed the president not to use military force against Iran unless authorized by Congress

t.co

 

[DEFCON Warning System]

Seven Republicans joining Democrats in that vote. The Republican party has always been fractured with some (I think) Democrats running as Republicans.

 

[willrod1989]

Seven Republicans joining Democrats in that vote. The Republican party has always been fractured with some (I think) Democrats running as Republicans.

Oh yeah, both parties actually have two very distinct sub-factions. The pejorative terms "RINO" (Republican in name only) and "DINO" (Democrat in name only) have been replaced by two official caucuses in the House of Representatives. There are the Blue Dog Democrats who represent the more conservative faction of the party, and then there are the Main Street Republicans who are more centrist. In the Senate, you'd have senators like Joe Manchin of West Virginia who would be considered a more conservative Democrat, while Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska would be the more moderate Republicans.