House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) announced the vote in a statement shortly after the meeting ended. Our concerns were not addressed by the president’s insufficient War Powers Act notification and by the administration’s briefing today,” Pelosi said. The type of resolution the House will vote on has uncertain prospects in the GOP-controlled Senate. Multiple Republican senators said that little of the information presented to lawmakers isn’t already public information and that few specifics were provided about the threat the Trump administration has said it was attempting to stop by killing Suleimani. Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Elk Grove) said the House vote is unnecessary and the president was acting decisively to protect the public.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 09, 2020 01:07 UTC