Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna and Republican Rep. Thomas Massie are taking a “wait-and-see approach” on their bipartisan resolution aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s ability to further involve the U.S. in Iran without Congressional approval.
But as a tenuous ceasefire agreement appears to be in place between Israel and Iran, Khanna, who represents a northern California district, said he wants to keep the pathway to force the House of Representatives to vote on the resolution open.
Asked what Congress should do to preempt future unilateral military action from the White House, Khanna pointed to the process through which the resolution would be able to make its way to the floor without Republican House leadership greenlighting it. War powers resolutions are a privileged procedure in the House, meaning that they can be called for a House vote 15 days after being introduced without any committee action.