war-powers

Pa.’s Toomey, Casey split on bipartisan Senate vote to limit Trump’s war-making authority

BY: - February 13, 2020

The White House vowed to veto the rare bipartisan rebuke issued by the Senate in response to the American assassination of an Iranian military commander.

U.S. House votes to limit Trump’s war authority (again). Here’s how Pa. lawmakers voted.

BY: and - January 30, 2020

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted Thursday to repeal the 2002 authorization for the use of military force that allowed the George W. Bush administration to wage war against Saddam Hussein’s government in Iraq.  Most House Democrats joined 11 Republicans and one independent to approve a resolution to approve the repeal amid concerns about escalating […]