War Powers Resolution Passesbr in House of Representatives.br On Jan. 9, the United States House ofbr Representatives voted in favor of passing abr War Powers Resolution aimed at Donald Trump. .br The vote was 224 to 194, with threebr Republicans dissenting from their partybr and voting in favor of the measure.br Eight Democrats also dissented,br voting against the resolution. .br The War Powers Resolution willbr now move to the Senate, wherebr it is not expected to pass asbr Republicans hold the majority.br Regardless of the Senate’s decision,br Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that thebr resolution would never be sent tobr Trump's office for his signature.br This is a statement of thebr Congress of the United States.br I will not have that statementbr diminished by having thebr president veto it or not, Nancy Pelosi, via Axios.br The War Powers Resolution wasbr spurred on by Trump’s recent usebr of military force against Iran. .br Without consulting Congress,br Trump approved an airstrikebr assassination of Iranian Generalbr Qasem Soleimani on Jan. 3. .br This prompted a retaliatory attack by Iranbr on two military bases housing U.S. troops br in Iraq days later.