US lawmakers pass resolution to limit Trump's powers as Iran crisis looms
US lawmakers pass resolution to limit Trump's powers as Iran crisis looms “I don’t have to,” Trump said when asked whether he would seek congressional approval for more military action against Iran Current Affairs :US legislators worried about hurrying to war with Iran received a measure Thursday planned for getting control over President Donald Trump’s capacity to make military move against the Islamic republic. The goals was presented by Democrats after Trump’s organization to slaughter an Iranian officer and retaliatory rocket strikes by Tehran significantly heightened strains and raised feelings of dread of a staggering war between the two adversaries. The for the most part representative yet politically charged vote, 224 to 194, was generally along partisan divisions, with three individuals from Trump’s Republican Party joining Democrats in affirming the measure requesting the president not take part in military activity against Iran except if approved by Congress. ...