translated from Spanish: U.S. Congress to vote resolution to “limit” Trump’s military actions to Iran

Democrat Nancy Pelosi, President of the U.S. House of Representatives announced on Monday (6.01.2020) that he will put to a vote a resolution to “limit military action” of President Donald Trump regarding to Iran, following the operation that ended the life of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimaní.
“Last week, the Trump Administration conducted a disproportionate and provocative military airstrike on high-ranking military officials in Iran. This action endangered our members of the Armed Forces and diplomats and brought about a serious escalation of tensions with Iran,” Pelosi argued in a letter to lawmakers. The operation, conducted by the U.S. last Friday in Baghdad, killed Soleimaní, commander of the Quds Force of the Guardians of Iran’s Revolution, and Iraqi Shia militia vice president Popular Crowd Abu Mahdi al Mohandes.
Pelosi remarked his “concern that the government took this action without consultation with Congress and without respect for the powers of war granted by the Constitution.”
The forthcoming resolution will be put to the vote “reaffirms the oversight responsibilities (of the Legislative) by demanding that if there are no action taken by Congress, the Executive’s military hostilities towards Iran cease in 30 days.”
Political Division in the U.S.
Democrats have complained that Trump approved the anti-Soleiman operation without notifying the leaders of both parties in Congress. Pelosi indicated that a similar initiative will be presented in the upper house by Democratic Senator Tim Kaine.
Trump, who did inform Congress subsequently of the attack, before the 48-hour limit required by law, did so through a classified document that has not been made public.
Both houses of Congress reflect the political divide in the U.S., due to the Democratic control of the House of Representatives and the Senate Republican.
Trump’s threats to Baghdad
On the other hand, Trump on Sunday criticized Iraq’s Parliament’s approval of a resolution for the expulsion of troops remaining in the country and threatened sanctions on Baghdad: “We will apply sanctions to them as you have never seen before. They will make sanctions on Iran look anodyne. If there’s any hostility, if they do anything that we think is inappropriate, we’re going to put sanctions on Iraq, very big sanctions,” Trump said.
Faced with escalating regional tensions and Tehran’s threats of “revenge,” the U.S. government has already begun sending 3,500 troops to the Middle East and has increased its levels of cybersecurity.

Original source in Spanish