Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., right, confers with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., during a series of votes on the war powers resolution which asserts that President Donald Trump must seek approval from Congress before engaging in further military action against Iran, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020.
Kaine and other supporters said the resolution was not about Trump or even the presidency, but instead was an important reassertion of congressional power to declare war. “When we stand up for the rule of law — in a world that hungers for more rule of law — and say ‘this decision is fundamental, and we have rules that we are going to follow so we can make a good decision,’ that’s a message of strength,″ Kaine said.
The principle of congressional approval is established for an important reason, Kaine said. “If we’re to order our young men and women ... to risk their lives in war, it should be on the basis of careful deliberation by the people’s elected legislature and not on the say-so of any one person.″ Tehran responded to the U.S. attack on Soleimani by launching missiles at two military bases in Iraq that house American troops. The attack caused traumatic brain injuries in at least 64 U.S. soldiers, the Pentagon said..
regardless president has certain authority under the constitution just like obama did. its a fine line to walk. act of war needs defining or redefining when it comes to iran. isreal is also a player in this. there needs to always be a team in place with pres nit just cab
Veto
Yippie!!!!!! Hooray!!!!!!
Does this “act” include all future POTUS’s or just Trump? If it only includes Trump, I hope he vetoes it until they change it. Just more smear tactics by a paranoid congress!
This “Act”means nothing. Trump knows that he has to get congressional approval to declare war. He hasn’t done anything that required this type of action against him. it’s just another smear tactic by Democrats so they can keep spewing their “dictator/king” vocabulary.
'Trump ignore's bipartisan measure...'
That's good, but isn't this already the default? Congress has set an ugly precedent over the years/decades in this regard. They are going to be really united to push this, and willing to follow up with actual cuts to military spending if they have not authorized war. They won't
Humm just Iran
How were they able to pass legislation that only impacts a single president. Or did you misstate the facts?
Isn't McConnell not approving any legislation that would go against the president? I guess that means that Trump has 'approved' these restrictions.
So Iran do what you want. We'll make sure to stop any action against you.
Just dont expect IRAN to make a call to Congress to see if it's ok for them to misbehave. I trust Trump understands they do not play by the same rule book!
Hey puppet guys - pretty sure this is the exact same thing that’s already in the laws. I think they all did it for the whiners. Like and the Kraken
Gee...thanks...
HowyofWI Still need 11 more...
Republicans...always getting us into more wars. We've been at war for over 200 years. Time to stop. Enough.
OH SHIT!! Anyone want to guess how long it takes the man baby to throw a tantrum over this?
Trump will veto the bill.
Do something meaningful for christsakes!!!
SethAbramson Whoopdy fucking do!
PEOPLE SAY HOW ABOUT A BAN ON HIM TRYING TO USE HIS 'SO CALLED BRAIN'. GBA.
Is this going to set him off? Or is he too into Bloomberg?
_Politics Pffft...
All bark, no bite. This President knows he can do what he wants, and that this Senate will defend it.
SethAbramson See, bi-partisan things are still possible. Could that now please extend to taking the nuclear codes away from Trump, please?
Unless it's a 2/3rd+ vote, there is no reason to report this. It will be vetoed
I’m going to reserve my pronouncement of them having a spine until I see what they do when 45 ignores this bipartisan measure. Oh, and he will. This
good to see GOP Senate has some sort of red line....
So it's wrong when Trump does it, not when Obama, Bush jr does it? Okay. I agree. Congress should decide on war shit, not the president. They shouldn't have given W Bush all the power to bomb the middle East.
SethAbramson Dear Senator Kaine, Please be sure the JCS notifies Congress before it acts on any orders from the White House to go against Iran or Iranian assets, and gets Congressional approval before taking any such action. As illegal orders from Trump should not be carried out.
Too bad their balls will shrink again tomorrow.
VETO
QQuickC5 The blood will be on their hands when Iran attacks our men over there without fear of retaliation.
Okay folks.This is how it's going to play out. Addisonandthelocksteplackeys in a gargantuan (for them) effort to show bipartisanship send this one unenforceable bill to ChosenBoy. Who vetoes it.Then for some mysterious reason the senate can't muster enough override votes. Smh
Veto coming
SethAbramson WHEW!
Is is just Trumps authority? Or all Presidents?
SethAbramson Good now do impeachment again.
As though he will care what they do.
You muthers ain't going to be happy until someone nukes the shit out of us!!!
SethAbramson The horror of the last three years makes it clear that executive power must be curtailed across the board - removing all executive agencies - especially Justice - from presidential authority.
Tooooooo Late
SethAbramson This is all about Republicans trying to mend the fence for GOP Senators who professed yes Donny did it but..... to help them in election with on the fence republican voters. MoscowMitch won’t let it happen. Won’t be able to override tRUMPs veto.
Bullshit
It's not a good idea at all. And the clown in the photo would be the last person I would ever take advice from. Hope his kid is still in jail.
They are once again are trying to overstep their power. It gladly will be vetoed and they don't have the votes to over ride the veto
45/55 was the vote ... if he vetos, will enough move to over ride the veto?
'Been feelin' around for that backbone for months now. Oh. There's one. Right next to the threat of a nuclear war.'
I am actually surprised! 😱
Yeah, but Trump will veto it.
Bipartisan? 55-45 vote. When you see a unanimous vote by both parties, THEN you can talk to me about partisanship. This was a kneecap shot by Dems and p***y Rino's who arrogantly believe the sun rises and sets on them
He will just Veto it.
Trump will veto it. The GOP senators know Trump won't allow anything to limit his 'unlimited' power.
SethAbramson ...rage tweeting in 5....4...3....
One small step from Congress one giant leap for humanity!
SethAbramson But if he’s above the law as the GOP sanctioned by acquitting him in the Senate, he can go over their heads and do what he wants. Who’s going to stop him?
Idiots. Didn’t any of these clowns notice how Iran went away after Trump took decisive action and threatened more.
Guess if realDonaldTrump will sign it into law - Why do they keep wasting time and doing nothing productive WITH POTUS ?
And again Iran is being rescued by people, who call themselves Patriots and love their country... what's the big deal about teaching Iran a lesson?
SethAbramson LOL
Binding this time?
SethAbramson Seth, If this action becomes law despite the president's veto, will it have a chilling effect on the Red Sea Conspiracy? Will the participants in the RSC have to abandon their plan? Or will they just rework it?
SethAbramson Still 45 Republicans are cowards.
SethAbramson Let's see if again this will be an abuse of power....Neurological studies have proved that vanilla extract can help alleviate symptoms of those suffering from depression and anxiety disorder....
Trump will just Veto this and then GOP-run Senate won’t reach 2/3rds vote with The House to override the Veto. Very doubtful.
VETO coming
SethAbramson Veto incoming.
Should be totally restrained in anything he does !!!
SethAbramson How about approving the bills about not connecting voting machines to the internet ?
elenochle VETO‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
Guaranteed he doesn’t launch it would be waste of time and possibly trade agreements.
Wow
elenochle Not a coincidence
So? Trump will veto it and neither chamber has the super majority to over ride him.
Republicans will kill this measure in the vote
'The Senate approved a bipartisan measure Thursday limiting President Donald Trump’s authority to launch military operations against Iran.' Why is he singled out? Why not just any presidents authority
RRalstonAgile We'll see how long it takes for Trump to put the heads of the 8 Republicans who voted for it on pikes.
JenniferJJacobs This policy dminishes the presidents ability to negotiate with nuclear superpowers which ultimately will lead to more hostility and less dialogue we are less safe now that we were yesterday
elenochle Wth
Braking: Congress votes to do their job.
MrJonCryer Will he abide by it though and what are the repercussions if he doesn't?
MrJonCryer Trump still needs to sign it.
MrJonCryer 3 2 1 tweet tantrum
Authority that they already had because only Congress can declare war.
MrJonCryer Oooo - he's not going to like that! Tweetstorm in 3, 2, 1...
JenniferJJacobs VETO
Led by failed vp candidate! Morons
selectedwisdom 5 votes short of tRump proof. GOP senators show their cowardice yet again.
Not too smart, those Senators.
Good first steps.
elenochle
Like he would sign it 🤣🤣🤣🤣 and you don’t have enough to override it
selectedwisdom But it's not a veto proof majority so there's that!
This is a joke of a vote, trumps hit on the terrorist was not offensive it was defensive. It’s a joke he didn’t declare war and as commander and chief he can use force to defend America with out consent of congress. Only need congressional approval when declaring war.
Guess who’s to blame for 8 GOP Senators crossing the aisle to help with this? Donald J Trump He’s acted like a whiny little girl over impeachment & now at least some GOP members KNOW he just won’t stop while anger among Americans has reached a boiling point. Way to go, Trump!
selectedwisdom He will just veto it and the Republican thugs know it.
I’m surprised
Republican senators must be feeling guilty now that they acquitted this con/dictator.
I doubt if it's binding.
JonLemire How can the person whose authority is being limited veto this?
The President will Veto this measure and there are not sufficient votes to override the Veto.
_Politics Obama can kill American citizens without a trial but they do this to Trump. Sad
Meanwhile Iran's proxies are planning something big.
elenochle The President who refused to get drawn into a wider war in Syria (w/Russia) when the world was demanding Assaad be removed for a chem attack done by those who wanted war...
Someone us going from orange to red in 3...2...1
Will send 150 billion in cash and James Taylor instead
realDonaldTrump Shameful. Again an attack on presidency. Not Trump. Hope it is challenged in court.
How long till he vetos it?
Man, carnivalbarkingclown isn't going to like that, and from the repub-controlled Senate no less.
So if Congress has public debates about this it will be broadcast to Iran and they will know what's coming
Key word here is bipartisan
Vote was 55-45 There were 8 Republicans that voted for this, WHO ARE THEY And there were 6 Dems that voted against it. Veto incoming.
'Kaine and other supporters said the resolution was not about Trump or even the presidency, but instead was an important reassertion of congressional power to declare war.' If it were 0bama he would not have done this. The original draft singled out Trump and he had to change it
Veto
After corporate democrats with ties with the military industrial complex approve of Trump’s 600 billion dollar plus military budgets. Sounds like the Dems are really interested in restricting his powers
McConnell says the resolution would send the wrong message to US Allies. The wrong message Mitch was not removing the clown via impeachment when he was guilty as sin. HE has SINGLE-HANDEDLY destroyed our relations with Allies senatemajldr
He’ll just veto it
The Iranians are going to love this.
samhinthecity About damn time!
About time
Hahahaha, they STILL think they can control him. They've seen him in action and they still believe their own foolish hubris. How many other places will he start wars with between now and November
Well it's about time we start acting like a country.
The drone strike was not in Iran in the first place
Small miracles..
JonLemire I feel an angry Trump Tweet coming soon. 😂
Soon to be VETOED!
That’s how it’s supposed to work. Congress ceded too much authority to the President swveral years ago. We need to get back to less executive orders and more Congress doing their job.
We might as well SURRENDER to Iran!
Remember that time another president droned Americans in other countries under the same war powers act? Pepperidge Farms remembers
Yeah it sucks having a president stick up for the country
Sadly this probably will get vetoed. Senate would need to get 11 more votes to pass. Everyone in here screaming MAGA are disregarding the fact that if any part of our government is abused then every part is abused. Offensive wars need to be deliberated, not snap decisions.
Wont matter. Trump will overide the Congress, since he thinks he is a king.
BULLSHIT!
What? Bipartisan? I thought the president declared that illegal?
Man management
Lol that’s all well and good. But I doubt he is gonna be asking permission for anything. The senate had their chance to check Trump with the impeachment trial and they acted like cowards.
Well it’s about damn time the gop senate did something right...but still...VoteThemAllOut2020 GOPBetrayedAmerica
House to the senate....
Fucking finally. I wonder what kind of fit he'll throw over this. How dare they attempt to mess with his unlimited executive power!
I'm sure the carnivalbarkingclown will veto it
I hope if anything serious happens to our people Congress can be acting together there or here
Nyet!
What happens when he does it anyway?
JonLemire Yeah right!BS!
could’ve just convicted him and limited all his power
Like Trump will let anyone authorize what he can do.
*Apocalypse, Now? App* No impeached, would-be authoritarian leaves home without it. realDonaldTrump
Doing Iran/Russia/China's bidding... Obama can drone strike Americans and topple countries without congressional approval, but Trump has to be restrained lest he keep us 'too safe'.
famousandyhall
Its will get voted down.
MAGA
When he needs approval I'm sure he will ask
potus will V E T O🎉🇺🇸.
veto
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