The legislation, which is privileged and means the GOP-led Senate will be forced to vote on the matter, comes amid extremely intensified tensions with Iran in the wake of a U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed one of Iran's top military generals, Qasem Soleimani.
The House of Representatives will vote on a War Powers resolution"to limit the President's military actions regarding Iran," Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday.
"Last week, the Trump Administration conducted a provocative and disproportionate military airstrike targeting high-level Iranian military officials," Pelosi wrote in a letter announcing the legislation to her colleagues Sunday night."This action endangered our service members, diplomats and others by risking a serious escalation of tensions with Iran...
"It reasserts Congress's long-established oversight responsibilities by mandating that if no further Congressional action is taken, the Administration's military hostilities with regard to Iran cease within 30 days," Pelosi wrote. Trump did not notify the so-called Gang of Eight—the top lawmakers in each chamber and the leaders of the House and Senate's Intelligence Committees—about the drone strike that killed Soleimani, a courtesy that is typically extended to Washington's leaders by a president.
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