US House strips Trump of War Powers on Iran – Story buried
NOVANEWS
No War with Iran Amendment passes!
By: Jim W. Dean, Managing Editor
…from the National Iranian American Council, Washington, DC
[ Editor’s Note: You just can’t make this stuff up. Congress stepped up to the plate with a surprise unanimous vote attaching an amendment to a Defense authorization bill stating that “no law exists which gives the president power to launch a military strike against the Islamic Republic.”
The National Iranian American Council was the first to publish this yesterday, but I waited until today to get more details. And here they are:
“The unanimous passage of this bipartisan amendment is a strong and timely counter to the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Iran deal and its increasingly hostile rhetoric,” Congressman Keith Ellison said.
“Thi...