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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., a blimpish fiscal hawk who refused to motion onto President Donald Trump's "big, beauteous bill," is gathering an improbable bipartisan conjugation of lawmakers resisting the United States' engagement successful the struggle betwixt Israel and Iran.
"This is not our war. But if it were, Congress indispensable determine specified matters according to our Constitution," Massie said successful a societal media station announcing the War Powers Resolution that helium introduced with Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna of California connected Tuesday.
Massie, whom Trump threatened to superior during the House GOP megabill negotiations, invited "all members of Congress to cosponsor this resolution." By Tuesday night, the bipartisan measure had picked up 27 cosponsors, including progressive "Squad" members Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar.
Across the governmental aisle, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., signaled her support, writing that Americans privation an affordable outgo of living, harmless communities and prime acquisition "not going into different overseas war."
Reps. Massie, right, and Omar are among the bipartisan conjugation rejecting President Trump's strikes connected Iran without legislature approval. (Getty Images)
The bill's archetypal co-sponsors besides see progressive Democrat Reps. Pramila Jayapal, Summer Lee, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib, who called it unconstitutional for "Trump to spell to warfare without a ballot successful Congress."
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The War Powers Resolution would "remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities successful the Islamic State of Iran" and nonstop Trump to "terminate" the deployment of American troops against Iran without an "authorized declaration of warfare oregon circumstantial authorization for usage of subject forces against Iran."
Lawmakers who reason the United States' joining the escalating struggle successful the Middle East person sounded disconnected connected the unconstitutionality of Trump striking Iran without legislature approval. Congress has the sole powerfulness to state warfare nether Article I of the Constitution.
"The American radical bash not privation to beryllium dragged into different disastrous struggle successful the Middle East. I’m arrogant to pb this bipartisan War Powers Resolution with Rep. Massie to reassert that immoderate subject enactment against Iran indispensable beryllium authorized by Congress," Khanna said.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., speaks astatine a rally adjacent the White House connected Apr. 27, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The president told reporters connected Wednesday greeting that helium is weighing whether to motion disconnected connected subject strikes against Iran's atomic facilities.
"Yes, I whitethorn bash it. I whitethorn not bash it. I mean, cipher knows what I'm going to do," Trump said.
Trump called for Iran's "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!" connected Truth Social connected Tuesday, and said the United States won't onslaught Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei "at slightest not for now," but signaled America's "patience is wearing thin."
On the sixth consecutive nighttime of strikes betwixt Israel and Iran, Iran warned that the United States joining forces with Israel would mean an "all-out war," arsenic Israel bombarded sites overnight it says would person allowed Iran to proceed enriching uranium, arsenic good arsenic onslaught Israeli forces.
Israel launched preemptive strikes connected Iran's atomic facilities and subject leaders past week, which the Islamic Republic considered a "declaration of war" and has since launched its ain strikes against Israel.
Smoke rises from the gathering of Iran's state-run tv aft an Israeli onslaught successful Tehran, Iran, Monday. (AP Photo)
Thousands of American troops are based successful adjacent countries wrong scope of Iran's weapons, but Trump said connected Wednesday that "we present person implicit and full power of the skies implicit Iran."
The Jewish State targeted Iran's atomic capabilities aft months of failed negotiations successful the portion and heightened interest implicit Iran processing atomic weapons.
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But Ali Bahreini, Iran's ambassador to Geneva, said Iran "will proceed to nutrient the enriched uranium as acold arsenic we request for peaceful purposes," arsenic Israel continues to people Iran's atomic capabilities.
The White House did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for remark connected the bill.
Fox News Digital's Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
Deirdre Heavey is simply a authorities writer for Fox News Digital.
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