The US House of Representatives rejected Tuesday a bid by Democratic Representative Al Green to question President Donald Trump over the weekend airstrikes on Iran he carried out with out the consent of Congress.
The chamber voted 344-79 towards the decision introduced collectively by Green and Republican Representative Thomas Massie. The majority of House Democrats voted with almost all Republicans in opposing the measure.
It referred to as for Trump “to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities” in Iran and maintained that Congress alone has the ability to declare battle below the Constitution.
“I do this because I understand that the Constitution is going to be meaningful or it is going to be meaningless,” Green mentioned on the House ground shortly earlier than the vote.
“The president of the United States of America has a duty to consult Congress before taking this country to war. I do it because no one person should have the power to take over 300 million people to war without consulting with the Congress of the United States of America.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr