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Malek Fouda

Republican lawmakers call off vote on Trump's War Powers Resolution that was on the verge of passing

Republican lawmakers struggled on Thursday to find the votes needed to dismiss legislation that would compel US President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran, delaying planned votes on the matter into June.

The US House of Representatives had scheduled a vote on a war powers resolution, brought by Democrats, that would rein in Trump's military campaign. But as it became clear that Republicans would not have the numbers to defeat the bill, Republican congressional leaders declined to hold a vote on it.

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