Iran strikes were launched without approval from Congress, deeply dividing lawmakers
Source: NPR
An effort to limit the ability of the president to carry out sustained military action in Iran without approval of Congress is taking on new urgency after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes aimed at overthrowing the regime.
The strikes, which began early Saturday, were launched without congressional authorization. Article 1 of the Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to declare war. Top Congressional Democrats and Republicans that make up a group known as the Gang of Eight party leaders from both chambers, as well as the Intelligence committees' leadership were notified by the White House shortly before the attack.
Initial reaction to the overnight attack has not split cleanly on partisan lines, though most praise has come from Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.
"Today, Iran is facing the severe consequences of its evil actions," Johnson wrote in a statement. "President Trump and the Administration have made every effort to pursue peaceful and diplomatic solutions in response to the Iranian regime's sustained nuclear ambitions and development, terrorism, and the murder of Americansand even their own people."
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/28/nx-s1-5730203/iran-israel-trump-congress-strikes-reaction
republianmushroom
(22,212 posts)Not a damn thing.
Fla Dem
(27,536 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(20,772 posts)But that is no reason to bomb them.
Aussie105
(7,779 posts)More evil than what Bibi is doing to Isreal, and Donald is doing to America?
The US public has been indoctrinated with propaganda for such a long time!
'We are the Good Guys!'
'Our form of government is good, every other system is evil!'
'Might makes right!'
'Don't look inwards, look at other countries!'
etc
Traildogbob
(12,886 posts)What ya gonna do about ICE terrorism and murdering American citizens. You signed up your children to go put some boots on the ground? Put them under the command of Sargent Barrons company.
Trump tells Iran people to take control of your government now, may be your last chance.
What say you Americans???? Whose gubment needs controlled, and done now?
My raging hate of Moses is so fucking unhealthy.
Tell me who was in control of the most humans having died in the last decade, nations burned down, women and children slaughtered, from their sick power hungry leader. And how all three are BFFs.
Trump, Putin, Natty Yayhoo. And God dies nothing to these three murders. For the hell of it throw in Bush/Cheney slaughtering. And how many of their children gif even a boo boo from those wars.
And the killing in His name. And Moses is his spokesmans and Bible interpreter.
Even told the Pope, he would Slpain versus to him.
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow death, Aint no Gawd gonna protect you, ya gonna get blown up by the party of God. Suckers and losers. It is written right there in 2 Corinthians. Both of em.
JBTaurus83
(1,055 posts)Most Dems that go on tv still cant say clearly that bombing a sovereign nation with no threat to our country is wrong. Full stop. Its Iraq all over again. The Dems will not seize the moment because many of them wanted Iran bombed.
fujiyamasan
(1,502 posts)Meaning, democratic lawmakers that secretly agree with this or simply cant hit back effectively.
The republicans were desperate for a win no matter how irrelevant it was to most Americans daily lives. Killing the ayatollah actually makes inflation worse, and sure doesnt help with a jobs crisis thats underway (worse than any economist wants to admit).
I have a feeling Thune told Trump even the senate is looking iffy this November and they needed something to put the democrats on the defensive on.
snot
(11,664 posts)"Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life
when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece?... But
it is always a simple matter [for the leaders] to drag the people along
. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger."
Hermann Goering
SergeStorms
(20,366 posts)King Donald don't need no stinking approval!
This lines up quite nicely with his emergency powers act to control this fall's elections, doesn't it?
There are no coincidences with TrumpCo.
EarthFirst
(4,052 posts)
if it were such a big deal; this would have been reigned in a dozen or more times before when your governing authority was overtly ignored.
Do something about it or shut the fuck up.
Skittles
(170,695 posts)let me guess, the Dems are against while the Trump humpers are creaming themselves
Zorro
(18,532 posts)Including himself. I fear that a lot of Americans will die because of his sheer ignorance, arrogance, and recklessness.
And any Iranian response within our country will provide Trump the justification to declare a national emergency and impose martial law.
I suspect things will get even more nightmarish as the days go by.