Iran strikes were launched without approval from Congress, deeply dividing lawmakers
An effort to limit the ability of the president to carry out sustained military action in Iran without approval of Congress is taking on new urgency after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes aimed at overthrowing the regime.
The strikes, which began early Saturday, were launched without congressional authorization. Article 1 of the Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to declare war. Top Congressional Democrats and Republicans that make up a group known as the Gang of Eight — party leaders from both chambers, as well as the Intelligence committees' leadership — were notified by the White House shortly before the attack.
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"By the president's own words, 'American heroes may be lost," Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., wrote in a statement. "That alone should have demanded the highest level of scrutiny, deliberation and accountability, yet the president moved forward without seeking congressional authorization."
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"Everything I have heard from the administration before and after these strikes on Iran confirms this is a war of choice with no strategic endgame," Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, wrote in a statement.
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https://www.npr.org/2026/02/28/nx-s1-5730203/iran-israel-trump-congress-strikes-reaction
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I'm wondering if the Nobel Peace Prize Committee can create a Nobel Peace Prize in the form of a suppository?
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