Four Squishes Join Democrats In Vote To Block More Strikes On Iran

There’s nothing here about Congress taking back its war making power. There’s nothing about Congressional powers. There’s nothing here about standing for one’s principles. This is all just Trump Derangement Syndrome, with all the Democrats and four Squishes choosing to help Iran, a violent enemy of the U.S.

In a first, House votes to block Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran

The House passed a resolution Wednesday to block President Donald Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran, ratcheting up pressure on the administration to find a way to end the unpopular war.

The 215-208 vote marked the first time that such a measure has cleared the House or Senate on a final vote since the start of the conflict more than three months ago. The Senate advanced a similar resolution last month on a procedural vote, reflecting growing impatience with a war Congress hasn’t authorized.

The effort faces sizable hurdles, however, before Congress could force Trump to end hostilities.

In the House, four Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie (Kentucky), Tom Barrett (Michigan), Warren Davidson (Ohio) and Brian Fitzpatrick (Pennsylvania) — joined Democrats in voting to force Trump to end the war.

It’s not quite at the level of Democrats abandoning the troops in Vietnam, but, this gives Iran shelter and help in their negotiations to end hostilities. Of course Massie is involved. All 211 Democrats voted for this.

To reach Trump’s desk, the Senate resolution would require a final vote in the chamber, which could be tough if every senator is voting. Three Republican senators who have opposed similar resolutions in the past missed the procedural vote on the Senate resolution last month, allowing it to advance. If they had voted the way they have in the past, it would have failed 50-50.

The House would also need to pass the Senate version before it reached Trump’s desk. Trump would almost certainly veto it, forcing the Senate and the House to override his veto with a two-thirds vote in both chambers before the resolution could take effect. No war powers resolution has ever overcome a veto.

Good luck.

While testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Congress passing a resolution would make Iranians less likely to come to the negotiating table.

Rubio said the vote makes Iranian negotiators think that “somehow” the Trump administration’s hands “are going to be tied and we won’t be able to do anything to them, so why make a deal?”

And that is exactly what will happen. Dems and the 4 squishes could have, instead, come together and told Iran to end this with a deal, could have pressured them, but, no, Trump Derangement Syndrome.