The members of the “squad” join the GOP bipartite bill to reject the involvement of the United States in the Israel-Iran conflict
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Representative Thomas Massie, r-ky., A conservative fiscal hawk who refused to sign on “Big and Beautiful Bill” by President Donald Trump, built an improbable bipartite coalition of legislators resists in the United States in the conflict between Israel and Iran.
“This is not our war. But if that was the case, the Congress must decide such questions according to our constitution,” said Massie in an article on social networks announcing the resolution of the war powers he presented with the Democrat representative Ro Khanna of California on Tuesday.
Massie, which Trump threatened as primary during the negotiations of the Megabill Gop Chamber, invited “all the members of the Congress to copardify this resolution”. Tuesday evening, the Bipartite bill had picked up 27 co-workers, including progressive representatives of “Squad” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar.
Through the political aisle, representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA., Pointed out her support, Write that Americans I want an affordable cost of living, safe communities and quality education “which does not enter another foreign war”.
The Massie, right and Omar representatives are part of the bipartite coalition rejecting President Trump’s strikes on Iran without the approval of the congress. (Getty Images)
The original bills of the bill also include progressive democratic representatives. Pramila Jayapal, Summer Lee, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib, who called him unconstitutional For “Trump to go to war without a vote at the Congress”.
THE Resolution of war powers “would withdraw the United States armed forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic State of Iran” and order Trump to “terminate” the deployment of American troops against Iran without “declaration of war authorized or specific authorization for the use of military forces against Iran”.
The legislators opposing the United States to join the climbing of the conflict in the Middle East sounded on the unconstitutionality of Trump hitting Iran without the approval of the Congress. Congress has the sole power to declare war on Article I of the Constitution.
“The American people do not want to be trained in another disastrous conflict in the Middle East. I am proud to direct this resolution of bipartite war powers with the representative Massie to reaffirm that any military action against Iran must be authorized by Congress,” said Khanna.
The representative Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Stimulated during a rally near the White House on April 27, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)
The president told journalists on Wednesday morning he had to sign military strikes against Iranian nuclear installations.
“Yes, I can do it. I may not be doing it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do,” said Trump.
Trump called for “unconditional surrender of Iran!” On Truth Social Tuesday, and said the United States The supreme leader of Iran will not strike, Ayatollah Khamenei, “at least not for the moment”, but reported that “the patience of America is thin”.
During the sixth consecutive night of strikes between Israel and Iran, Iran warned that the United States joining Israel would mean a “total war” because Israel bombed the sites overnight, it would have allowed Iran to continue to enrich uranium, as well as to attack Israeli forces.
Israel launched pre -empty strikes on Iranian nuclear installations and military leaders last week, which the Islamic Republic considered a “declaration of war” and has since launched its own strikes against Israel.
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Smoke rises from the construction of Iranian state television after an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran on Monday. (Photo ap)
Thousands of American troops are based in neighboring countries within The weapons of Iran, But Trump said on Wednesday that “we now have a complete and total control of the sky on Iran”.
The Jewish state has targeted Iran’s nuclear capacities after months of missed negotiations in the region and has increased concerns about the development of Iran’s nuclear weapons.
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But Ali Bahreini, Iranian’s ambassador to Geneva, said Iran “will continue to produce uranium enriched how much we need for peaceful ends” because Israel continues to target the nuclear capacities of Iran.
The White House did not immediately respond to the request for comments from Fox News Digital on the bill.
Danielle Wallace of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
