Washington, May 22 -- The Republicans on Thursday found themselves struggling to gather the required votes to dismiss the Democrat-backed legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to back off from the Iran war, delaying planned votes on the matter into June.
The House had scheduled a vote on a war powers resolution, brought by Democrats, to rein in Trump's ongoing military campaign which he greenlit without congressional approval. The upcoming vote marks a rare defeat for the GOP, in so far as the Democrats have repeatedly tried to pass motions to dismiss the campaign, all of which have ended in failure.
However, this time it became very clear that the GOP would not have the numbers to defeat the bill, with party leaders declin...