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Trump upends Democrats' strategy on Iran war powers
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President Trump's declaration that hostilities with Iran are "terminated" has thrown Democrats' strategy around congressional war powers into turmoil, Axios has learned.
Key facts
Trump sent Congress a notification last week stating that, "The hostilities [with Iran] that began on February 28, 2026, have terminated
House Democrats, led by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, had been planning to force a war powers vote every day
The notification was Trump's way of bypassing a War Powers Act requirement that he seek congressional approval for continued operations in Iran within 60 days of the conflict's inception
President Trump's declaration that hostilities with Iran are "terminated" has thrown Democrats' strategy around congressional war powers into turmoil, Axios has learned
Summary
House Democrats, led by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, had been planning to force a war powers vote every day. Lawmakers involved in the war powers effort have been quietly reassessing how to approach the matter when Congress returns next week, according to multiple aides and lawmakers familiar with the matter. "There's a lot to happen between now and next week," one senior House progressive told Axios. The U.S. launched airstrikes on Iran's Qeshm port and the coastal city of Bandar Abbas on Thursday but does not see the operation as restarting the war or breaking the ceasefire, an American official told Axios' Barak Ravid.