An attempt by House Democrats to pass a long-shot resolution on Thursday curtailing Donald Trump’s war powers over Iran failed after the Republican pro forma speaker, Chris Smith, did not recognize lawmakers from the opposite party on the floor. “A two-week ceasefire is woefully insufficient,” Jeffries said. Republican crossover support for a war powers resolution remains elusive. Representative Don Bacon, a Republican and retired one-star general who backed a war powers measure limiting Trump’s Venezuela policy earlier this year, told Politico he would “listen” before adding: “I want us to defeat Iran. They have murdered Americans for 47 years.”Meanwhile, Democrat Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, said Wednesday that the Senate would vote on an Iran war powers resolution when they return to Washington next week.

Source: The Guardian April 10, 2026 02:44 UTC