Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives passed a War Powers Resolution 224 to 194 mandating that Trump must seek congressional approval for any further military escalation against Iran, the bare minimum, one hopes, from Democratic Party leaders who acquiesced in stripping Ro Khanna's amendment blocking funds for any military action against Iran from the National Defense Authorization Act.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi passed the War Powers Resolution as a concurrent resolution -- the kind that becomes enacted without the president's signature once both chambers pass it -- rather than a joint resolution which Trump would veto.
The problem is that senator Tim Kaine's yet-to-be-voted War Powers Resolution is a joint resolution. If it passes in the U.S. Senate, it will have to be voted again in the House, only for Trump to veto it.
If it all smacks of theater, I'm okay with it. It's theater that is driving voters away from the GOP. A very small segment of the public favors an open-ended war with Iran. The more Republicans are heard banging the drum for Trump's war on Iran, the closer we come to Medicare For All and a Green New Deal.
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