Washington, D.C. — Today, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Iran War Powers Resolution, a bill Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander helped lead (NH-02). It passed the House 215-208 and rebukes President Trump’s unauthorized war of choice in Iran. 

“We did a good thing for our Constitution and our country today. Congress sent a very simple and unequivocal message to the Commander in Chief: if you are going to take America to war, you have to make your case to the American people and you have to get congressional authorization,” said Congresswoman Goodlander. “Going to war is the single most significant and consequential decision a government can make — and the costs are measured in lives lost and families forever changed. Today, we honored our Constitution and did the people’s work.”

As a co-sponsor of the bill and a Navy veteran, Goodlander has repeatedly pushed for greater congressional oversight over the war in Iran and led efforts to reassert congressional authority over war powers. She has co-sponsored multiple war powers resolutions and previously supported legislation to prohibit taxpayer funds from being used to fund the war. 

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