The House is set to vote on legislation this week to constrain President Donald Trump’s ability to strike Iran, setting up a largely partisan dispute between Capitol Hill and the White House.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., argued in a letter to the Democratic caucus this week that Trump’s assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani in Iraq violated “Congress’ war powers granted to it by the Constitution” as lawmakers never authorized a strike against Iran.