Democrats are poised to exert control over the House floor this week by forcing three votes as Republicans cling to their fragile majority.As Democrats look to take the House in November, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has boasted about forcing GOP leadership’s hand through a handful of votes and canceled session days. “Democrats have repeatedly governed in the minority as if we were in the majority, and we’re going to do so again this week as it relates to what I believe will be a successful war powers resolution tomorrow, and then a successful vote to stand up for the free world, for democracy, for truth, and the Ukrainian people on Thursday,” Jeffries told reporters Tuesday.
“They made life worse for the American people, and so that’s one of the reasons why I’m convinced that Republicans continue to cancel votes and do everything they can every week to get out of town before Sunday,” Jeffries continued.
The House on Wednesday passed the resolution, forced to the floor by Democrats, to rein in President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran, as four Republicans joined all Democrats to get the measure across the finish line.
Democrats have also forced a handful of votes earlier this year on war powers that all failed, and GOP leadership pulled another before it could pass ahead of the Memorial Day recess.
