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BumRushDaShow

(172,351 posts) Thu May 21, 2026, 07:45 PM 3 hrs ago

GOP leaders abruptly cancel House vote on Iran war powers, shielding Trump from rebuke

Source: CNN Politics

Updated May 21, 2026, 7:07 PM ET
PUBLISHED May 21, 2026, 6:44 PM ET

House GOP leaders abruptly canceled a vote Thursday on a resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran just as Republicans were on the verge of losing the vote due to absences. The resolution was introduced by New York Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The congressman told reporters Wednesday that he thought House Speaker Mike Johnson had been stalling a vote on the measure.

“A lot of my Republican colleagues are feeling the pressure back home when they’re looking at the cost of food, the cost of gas,” he said on Capitol Hill. Democrats have repeatedly forced votes to limit Trump’s war powers in both the House and the Senate – a campaign that has slowly picked up more GOP support in recent weeks.

Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern spoke on the House floor to ask what was happening with the Iran war powers resolution that had been set to be voted on. “Are we not voting on it because the American people are sick and tired of this illegal war that is costing tens of billions of dollars? Gas prices are through the roof. People can’t afford, people can’t afford their groceries. Is that why you’re pulling it?” he said.

Meeks similarly criticized the move to cancel the vote. “Here we are on the eve of Memorial Day, with prices for gasoline going up, prices for food going up. We had a vote because of this president’s war of choice that was going to pass, we had the votes without question, and they knew it, and as a result they’re playing a political game, they’re cheating and have delayed the vote until we get back,” the congressman told reporters after the vote was delayed.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/house-trump-iran-war-powers

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GOP leaders abruptly cancel House vote on Iran war powers, shielding Trump from rebuke (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago OP

Trying to shield their fascist party from embarrassment. They know they would have lost this vote and the war powers Karasu 2 hrs ago #1

I think this about that: CozyMystery 2 hrs ago #2

Traitors during a time of war. travelingthrulife 2 hrs ago #3

CON-gress Welfare Queens purr-rat beauty 1 hr ago #4

Johnson needs to be removed. He really belongs in jail. valleyrogue 8 min ago #5

Karasu

(2,085 posts)

1. Trying to shield their fascist party from embarrassment. They know they would have lost this vote and the war powers

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2026, 08:36 PM

2 hrs ago

authorization would end up back in the hands of Congress, where it belongs.

No one should let them forget this. It’s transparent as hell.

CozyMystery

(760 posts)

2. I think this about that:

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2026, 08:57 PM

2 hrs ago

I think the Rethugs are getting a heads up so they can buy oil stock and probably others. In return, they keep mum on everything the Orange Bloat is doing. IOW, Orange Bloat is getting away with everything because the Rethugs are being bribed.

Let's give the Dems (except Fetterman) the benefit of the doubt. They may know what is going on, or speculate about it like I am, but I'm going to say unless I had proof positive, I do not believe they are being bribed. They don't have to be since they are not the majority party in Congress.

Also, with the exception of the Dems on the Supreme Court, it would not surprise me if they are getting bribed too. It's a shame because I used to think they were honest. Now I think many of them are a bunch of crooks.

On another note, I had dinner with friends tonight, and many of them think that Orange Bloat is trying to entice us into a civil war. They also think he has Might on his side, and that's what he is showing us with ICE, Cuba, Iran, Greenland, Venezuela, etc. He is saying no one can beat him.

OTOH, all this could be wrong. No matter what, this is not the country it was on the day Biden left office. I think it is pretty damned frightening.

travelingthrulife

(5,599 posts)

3. Traitors during a time of war.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2026, 09:29 PM

2 hrs ago

purr-rat beauty

(1,457 posts)

4. CON-gress Welfare Queens

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2026, 09:49 PM

1 hr ago

Wish I could stomp my feet and refuse to work if I don't like what my job is doing

Every day they are off unless it's a holiday or break should incur a fine.

valleyrogue

(2,796 posts)

5. Johnson needs to be removed. He really belongs in jail.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2026, 11:26 PM

8 min ago

He is the worst Speaker of the House in the history of the United States.

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