Jeffries: Democrats ‘committed’ to forcing Iran war powers vote in wake of US strikes

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) pledged that House Democrats will force a vote on limiting President Trump’s war powers in Iran as he criticized the president for striking the country without explicit congressional authorization. “The framers of the United States Constitution gave Congress the sole power to declare war as the branch of government…

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Jeffries: Democrats ‘committed’ to forcing Iran war powers vote in wake of US strikes
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Jeffries: Democrats ‘committed’ to forcing Iran war powers vote in wake of US strikes

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) pledged that House Democrats will force a vote on limiting President Trump’s war powers in Iran as he criticized the president for striking the country without explicit congressional authorization. “The framers of the United States Constitution gave Congress the sole power to declare war as the branch of government…