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