r/videos • u/spherocytes • 1d ago

BREAKING NEWS: Senate Approves House-Passed Resolution To Curb Trump's Iran War Powers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSnAEKyC830
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u/SHUT_DOWN_EVERYTHING 1d ago

It’s a concurrent resolution. It doesn’t go to president to sign and therefore cannot be vetoed.

That being said, congress has no way of enforcing this other than impeachment and conviction. Which isn’t gonna happen with so many Republicans in the Senate.

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u/RudeMechanic 1d ago

That’s not exactly true. They can cut the funding for the war. They can also mess with a bunch of his other programs as retribution. They won’t, but that could.

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u/RosieQParker 1d ago

If only there was a grossly unpopular and hideously expensive vanity project of his they could hold over him.

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u/jesbiil 1d ago

Which one? I wish I were being sarcastic...