AP reported May 21 that the Republican leadership called off the scheduled vote on the War Powers Act in the House when it appeared certain enough Republicans were going to join the Democrats to pass it. The vote is now delayed into June. AP reports: “But as it became clear that Republicans would not have the numbers to defeat the bill, GOP leaders declined to hold a vote on it. It was the latest sign of the slipping support in Congress for a war that Trump launched more than two months ago without congressional approval.”
“We had the votes without question and they knew it, and as a result they’re playing a political game,” AP quotes Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks, who sponsored the bill. They report that Rep. Adam Smith said, “People are beginning to finally listen to the American people who don’t support the war in Iran, and I think there’s a growing number of Republicans who see how devastating the war has been for our country.”