The House on Tuesday blocked an attempt by Texas Democrat Al Green to impeach President Donald Trump over his decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities without Congressional approval, when 128 members of his Democratic caucus joined Republicans in defeating the bill.
The president ordered the strike on Saturday, which led to retaliation from Iran on Monday. However, the United States has since brokered a ceasefire on the conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Iran.
Green led the impeachment effort, and has sought to impeach Trump on multiple other issues in the past. However, he failed to impeach the president in a bipartisan 344-79 vote, per Politico. No Republicans voted in favor of impeachment.
Green accused Trump of abusing his power by bombing Iran in what he claimed was “usurping” Congressional power because any retaliation from Iran would be a “de facto declaration of war against the United States of America.”
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