House Republicans cancel vote on war powers resolution to end US war in Iran
Cancellation, which avoids embarrassment for Trump, is latest signal of diminishing congressional support for war
TL;DR
- House Republicans canceled a scheduled vote on a war powers resolution to end the US war in Iran.
- Democrats called the cancellation "cowardly" and a sign of Republican subservience to the Trump administration.
- The vote has been postponed until June, with expectations that it will pass.
- Four Republicans in the Senate previously joined Democrats in advancing a similar war powers resolution.
- Representative Thomas Massie, a critic of the war, was absent for the canceled vote but is expected to be present in June.