Legislators uphold Trump's veto against resolution limiting White House's war powers against Iran

'Congress should not have passed this resolution,' Trump said in a statement announcing the bill's veto on 6 May (AFP/File photo)
By MEE staff in Washington
Published date: 7 May 2020 15:30 UTC
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The US Senate has failed to override Donald Trump's veto against a resolution that would have prohibited military action against Iran without congressional approval, ending a bipartisan effort to curb the White House's ability to go to war with the Islamic Republic.

In a 49 to 44 vote on Thursday, the Senate fell short of the two-third majority - 67 votes - needed to overturn Trump's objection. The legislation had been approved by both the House of Representatives and the Senate earlier this year.

But Trump refused to sign it into law on Wednesday, portraying it as a political effort to undermine his reelection campaign.

"This was a very insulting resolution, introduced by Democrats as part of a strategy to win an election on November 3 by dividing the Republican Party. The few Republicans who voted for it played right into their hands," the White House said in a statement.

Anti-war activists were quick to denounce Trump's veto, accusing the president of perpetuating endless wars.

"Trump said 'great nations do not fight endless wars,' and yet he has now vetoed two bipartisan War Powers Resolutions to keep us in those wars," Senator Bernie Sanders wrote on Twitter on Thursday.

"Congress must continue its efforts to rein in this lawless president."

The legislation was advanced in Congress after Tehran and Washington came to the verge of an all-out military confrontation early in 2020 when a US strike killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.

Iran responded by firing a barrage of missiles at Iraqi bases that host American soldiers without killing any US troops.

On Thursday, the president's allies in the Senate called for sustaining the White House veto.

"We're clearly not at war. Not only that, but an air strike is not war, defending American lives is not war," Republican Senator James Inhofe said before the vote.

"And the president has made it clear that he doesn't desire war. We all know that. Nobody here wants war."

Inhofe added that "if we tie the president's hands" to respond to Iran, it makes war more likely.
Source:http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1030788576?-14432:11


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Lol it humbled a lot of people

kkkp:
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Lol. He doesn't even need such power because he couldn't use it when Iran smashed America's Ayn-Al Asad airbase leaving over 100 troops with traumatic brain injuries. I remember how Mr Trump treathened fire and brimstone on Iran should Iran retaliate the killing of Soleimani.

dermmy:
Lol. He doesn't even need such power because he couldn't use it when Iran smashed America's Ayn-Al Asad airbase leaving over 100 troops with traumatic brain injuries. I remember how Mr Trump treathened fire and brimstone on Iran should Iran retaliate the killing of Soleimani.

Yeah...very true...after the USA threat Iran started killing its own citizens and shooting everything that looked like the American flag including their Ayatollahs turban...!!!

dermmy:
Lol. He doesn't even need such power because he couldn't use it when Iran smashed America's Ayn-Al Asad airbase leaving over 100 troops with traumatic brain injuries. I remember how Mr Trump treathened fire and brimstone on Iran should Iran retaliate the killing of Soleimani.

And how many Americans does your almighty Iran killed when soleimani was killed'like a fowl? And mind you Iran has stylishly extended an olive branch to the Americans for prisoner exchange. Think about what Valkyrie wrote below.,.... Dermmy dunderhead