Trump skirts Congress over Iran war as Republicans simply step aside

Senate blocks war powers measure and House follows suit – now president can bomb Iran free from congressional interference Before US troops invaded Iraq, George W Bush asked Congress to pass a resolution authorizing military force against Washington’s longtime nemesis, a request that lawmakers obliged. Twenty four years later, the United States is at war with a different Middle Eastern rival – Iran – under a different Republican president – Donald Trump. But this time, the president did not both