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Wednesday, Rep. John B. Larson voted for a war powers resolution to end what he and fellow Democrats term "Trump's illegal war in Iran". Four Republicans voted with Democrats.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for a war powers resolution to end Trump’s illegal war in Iran. Four Republicans voted with Democrats to rebuke the President’s unauthorized use of military force, the first time since 2020 that the House of Representatives passed a war powers resolution.
Connecticut’s federal delegation, all Democrats, welcomed the news that the Trump Administration was close to a ceasefire deal with Iran.
Some said the deal ends a war they never wanted, while others said an end to the war doesn’t change their view that President Donald Trump still owes the nation an explanation.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after House Republicans pulled a privileged war powers resolution from consideration after determining they didn’t have enough Republican votes to block it.
House Democrats filed six articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, accusing the defense secretary of “high crimes and misdemeanors”, in reference to the attack on Iran without congressional authorization and deadly strikes on suspected drug smuggling boats, among other official acts.
Democratic lawmakers were starting to rethink their strategy going into the midterms and considering the idea of impeaching President Donald Trump, The New York Times repor
US President Donald Trump’s whiplash-inducing announcement late Tuesday of a two-week ceasefire with Iran did nothing to diminish calls for his removal from office, with Democratic lawmakers arguing that the president’s genocidal threat earlier in the day—and his decision to launch the illegal war in the first place—cannot be walked back.