Democrats accused Republicans of “cowardice” for delaying the vote until next month, while Republicans say the move was made to give lawmakers who couldn’t attend the session a chance to vote.
Republican lawmakers on Thursday faced difficulties in securing enough votes to reject a bill that would oblige US President Donald Trump to withdraw the US from the war with Iran, which is why the planned vote was postponed until June, writes Euronews.
The US House of Representatives had planned to vote on a war powers resolution proposed by Democrats that would limit Trump’s military campaign. However, when it became clear that Republicans did not have enough votes to defeat the proposal, the Republican leadership in Congress decided not to hold a vote.
It is the latest sign of waning support in Congress for the war Trump launched more than two months ago with Israel, without prior congressional approval.
– We had the votes without any doubt and they knew it, so now they are playing a political game – said Democratic Representative Gregory Meeks, the proposer of the resolution.
Senate Republicans are also trying to secure enough votes to defeat another war powers resolution, which moved to the final vote earlier this week after four Republican senators supported it, while three were absent.
The actions of congressional leadership have shown that Republicans are having more and more trouble maintaining political support for Trump’s war. A growing number of Republican lawmakers are poised to stand up to the president over a standoff that was originally supposed to last several weeks but is now approaching three months with no sign of an end anytime soon.
(Vijesti.ba / FENA)
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