House members block Democrats’ plan to handcuff White House
By Bob Unruh
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted 212-219 to support President Donald Trump’s authority to pursue Operation Epic Fury, through which the U.S. and Israel are making sure that Iran no longer can threaten those two countries, and the rest of the world, with its agenda for nuclear weapons.
The vote follows a like result from the Senate earlier.
A bipartisan resolution led by Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., failed on that vote.
The scheme would have blocked Trump from using the armed forces in the joint U.S.-Israeli operation in Iran, which would likely force the strikes to grind to a halt.
The Trump administration has insisted that the president is acting within his authority so far.
A Fox News report said the Democrats who voted against reining in Trump’s war powers include Reps. Jared Golden, D-Maine, Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and Greg Landsman, R-Ohio.