President Donald Trump would be directed to end the US military campaign against Iran that began on Feb. 28 under
The measure would be the 12th that lawmakers have brought up in the 119th Congress to restrict US military operations in or against Iran using the 1973 War Powers Resolution. The Vietnam War-era law lets Congress vote to remove US forces from overseas hostilities that haven’t been explicitly authorized by a formal declaration of war or a congressional authorization for the use of military force.
The law also requires the president to obtain congressional authorization to ...