A resolution to rein in the U.S.’s war on Iran failed the House by one vote on Thursday, with only one Democrat voting against the legislation.​​ House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Gregory Meeks’s (D-New York) war powers resolution failed 214 to 213, in a largely party line vote. Conservative Democrat Rep. Jared Golden (Maine) was the only Democrat to join most Republicans in…

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  • MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    Whoa, no way! It was so close, too!

    Well, at least now I can feel like MY congressmen tried and the only thing that went wrong is that a single Democrat not seeking re-election was the problem and not the entire lot of them privately agreeing to do nothing.