WASHINGTON (TNND) — Congress is preparing for a high-stakes showdown this week over President Trump’s military actions in Iran. Both the House and Senate are scheduled to vote on War Powers Resolution’s, which seek to halt further military action in Iran without Congressional approval.
Donald Trump chose intentionally not to come before Congress, which is why we’re going to force this vote on a war powers resolution and make sure that we do everything we can to constrain him at this point in time,” said House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). “I think the president is acting to keep America safe and to make America safer. Iran for 47 years has been the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism,” added Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the press Monday, the administration was in compliance with the law, briefing Congressional leaders, known as the ‘Gang of Eight,’ before the operation. Adding, the strikes were a proactive defense measure to address an imminent threat.
There absolutely was an imminent threat and the imminent threat was we knew that if Iran was attacked, and we believe they would be attacked, that they would immediately come after us and we were not going to sit there and absorb a blow before we responded,” said Rubio.
Meanwhile Monday morning, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth also pointed to an imminent threat from Iran. Specifically a conventional shield for their nuclear projects.
Iran was building powerful missiles and drones to create a conventional shield for their nuclear blackmail ambitions,” Hegseth said.
But some Democratic members of the gang, who were briefed Monday by Rubio, have criticized the short notice that was given and lack of prior Congressional approval.
I’ve said before, I’ll say now. There was no imminent threat to the United States by the Iranians,” said Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA).
While most Republicans support President Trump, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) are pushing for the resolution. Massie posted on ‘X,’ “I am opposed to this War. This is not “America First.” Meanwhile, Democratic lawmakers like Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), have voiced support for the military operations.
This was an incredibly, incredibly precise and successful strikes, and they eliminated most of the leadership touts. So here we are. So yes, I do support that,” Fetterman said.
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Our researcher found that multiple previous presidents have taken military action without prior Congressional approval. Including Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Although Reagan later sought authorization. On Tuesday, the Trump administration will hold briefings with both the House and Senate with top officials like Rubio, Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe all expected to be in attendance.
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