House Republicans pulled a vote Thursday, through a procedural loophole, that could have reined in President Donald Trump‘s war powers in Iran ahead of Congress‘s Memorial Day recess.Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, accused GOP leadership of delaying the vote because it was assured passage.
“What we’ve just seen is how the Republicans are operating,” Meeks, who authored the bill, told reporters. “They like to cheat. They’re not honest with the American people. Here we are on the eve of Memorial Day, with prices for gasoline going up, prices for food going up. We had a vote, because of this president’s war of choice, that was going to pass. We had the votes without question.”
The war powers resolution was pulled after GOP leadership faced several absences ahead of the Memorial Day weekend.
Two prior war powers resolutions came down to Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), who was the only Democratic “no” vote. Last week, Golden signaled he would support the Meeks-authored measure.
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