The Senate on Thursday failed in its attempt to rein in President Donald Trump's ability to wage war with Iran, after lawmakers came up short in a vote to override his veto of war powers legislation
In a statement, the commander in chief called the resolution "insulting," accused Democrats of pushing the legislation as a political ploy and dinged Republicans who supported the measure as undercutting their party.
"What I find so notable about that statement is that the president could not see Congress expressing an opinion about war through any lens other than himself and his reelection," Kaine said. "As everyone in this chamber knows, the bill was not a partisan bill." Lawmakers renewed their efforts in January after Trump ordered the killing of a top Iranian military commander, Qassem Soleimani, and Tehran responded by launching missiles against outposts in Iraq that housed U.S. troops. The administration argued the drone strike was ordered in response to an imminent threat.
Many on Capitol Hill were dissatisfied with Trump's legal justification for killing Soleimani and complained the administration never outlined the imminent threat to justify the provocative attack.
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