ADADThe first proposal the House passed Thursday, from Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), would prevent Trump from tapping federal funds for military action against Iran without Congress’s approval, except in cases of self-defense or to prevent an imminent strike. Approval of the two measures follows efforts in the House and Senate earlier this month to pass war-powers resolutions seeking to restrict Trump’s ability to strike Iran. The measures the House passed Thursday closely mirror two that passed that chamber last year as amendments to the annual defense bill. The addition of the Iran measures, he said, would complicate the bill’s fate in the Senate. AD“There is no blank check for war,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.) said Thursday.

Source: Washington Post January 30, 2020 16:11 UTC