House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the House will vote soon on a war powers resolution to limit President Donald Trump's military actions after he ordered the killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani last week, escalating tensions with Tehran. Aired on 1/6/20.
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House To Vote On War Powers Resolution To Limit Trump's Military Actions | Hallie Jackson | MSNBC
The US military is comprised of OUR husband’s, wives, son’s, daughter’s, Aunt’s and Uncle’s that are now more so in HARMS way because of this thoughtless action!
Pratham Parmar , why should I shut up? Do you have daughters , granddaughter and/ or sons, grandsons in the military? We do have granddaughter , grandson and nephew out there. Our family have sacrifice one during Korean War. He died protecting his comrades and he was only 19 years old. My brother-in-law had serve in Vietnam war. My dad serve during WWII and almost died. How many do do we have to sacrifice in our family? You shut up! You do not know the pain we have experience and now this? 😡😡😡
Hey wake up we killed a Rabid Animal call the garbage trucks to puck up the trash. I have no worries I know that when President Trump says he has 51 Targets in mind it is not a Threat it is a Fact. They do anything and we will send them back to the Stone ages and then Let Israel in to help rebuild. Simple
The same thing happened in 2001 and zero consequences for the then president
Bush can’t go to Europe because he’ll be arrested for war crimes. The USA is sheltering a war criminal.
“I love how politians drag countries to the war and they wouldn’t shoot a single shot!”
~me-2020
@Anthony Ferrante I gues that means you’ll put down your video games long enough to go enlist. Bye bye!
Anthony Ferrante Vietnam will not be corrected either neither Iraq…
@King Slayer Nobody cares what you think.
Florin Sandescu Neither do we about You…
Bone spurs and kids who hunt innocent and illegal animals.
If Biden won the 2020 would you say the same ?
Joey Big Things Poppin, innocent and illegal….those 2 don’t fit together
@rob2508 some animals you can hunt freely (innocent). Endangered species and wild game ( illegal ) .
Thanks for reading.
Plants feel pain,and scream when torn apart
*endangered animals.
Hand him over to Iran it would make for great television
His ratings would finally go up.
And you know Trump like good TV lmao
@Wolf Jumper stop smoking crack!
Trump should of went to war in the 70’s when he was in his prime.
@Spring Bloom b4 thta a reputard then a independant then a dem then a repubtart, who ever was in power and he could make $$ off
At least he didn’t leave the country like Bill Clinton and Obama…
You are a bitter pathetic person
And Congress thinks he will obey their new law!?! Dictators obey their own law.
@magicfox but can you back up such a claim with proof that isn’t just Trump or Fox news conspiracy theories?
Maybe a cited YouTube clip also?
Last I checked, domestic terrorism was being carried out by Trumpists and emboldened white supremacy groups.
Yes I can cite sources to prove my claims if asked.
@Karin Meyer I believe he already did. Trump himself was actually the whistleblower. Putin was the whistle.
@ShadowFoxSF 💥😁😂🤣
Was ‘Nazism’ ever truly destroyed?!!
💥Democrats, America’s domestic terrorist!!
💥**Some people can’t stand to hear or know the truth!** 💥
It’s NOT a law Tempus.
@Michael Miller Not yet. Wait for it.
Put a leash on that mad dog.
Naw…..let em fight it out.
He’s rabid. Put him down.
The law is already on the books. What’s the problem?
Pelosi noted she had “serious and urgent questions about the timing, manner and justification of the administration’s decision to engage in hostilities against Iran.”
@Kevin H –
Nancy is the Speaker of the House and third in line for the presidency Trump is not Nancy’s boss in fact it’s Nancy’s job to police Trump and his over reach of power Didn’t you go to school ? Learn anything at all ? Not an American ? Just a butinski ? Most of you trolls are incredibly stupid.
@Kevin H if trump and pence keep screwing up
she’s next in line. thats how gerald ford became
president after nixon
left office. (gerald ford not
elected to the presidency).
Remember??????
@ThE DuCk Ad
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About the Speaker of the House of Representatives
Second in the Line of Presidential Succession
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byRobert Longley
Updated July 27, 2019
The position of Speaker of the House of Representatives is created in Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution. It states “the House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers…”
Key Takeaways: Speaker of the House
The Speaker of the House is designated by Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution as the highest-ranking member of the House of Representatives.
The Speaker of the House is second in the line of presidential succession, after the Vice President.
The election for Speaker of the House takes place at the beginning of each new congressional session.
While the Speaker is designated as the presiding officer of the House, this day-to-day duty is usually assigned to another representative.
The 2019 annual salary of the Speaker of the House is $223,500, compared to $174,000 for rank-and-file Representatives.
How the Speaker Is Chosen
As the highest-ranking member of the House, the Speaker is elected by a vote of the members of the House. While it is not required, the Speaker usually belongs to the majority political party.
The Constitution does not require that the Speaker be an elected member of Congress. However, no non-member has ever been elected Speaker.
As required by the Constitution, the Speaker is elected by a roll call vote held on the first day of every new session of Congress, which begins in January following the November midterm election that’s held every two years. The Speaker is elected to a two-year term.
Typically, both the Democrats and the Republicans nominate their own candidates for Speaker. Roll call votes to select the Speaker are held repeatedly until one candidate receives a majority of all votes cast.
Along with the title and duties, the Speaker of the House continues to serve as the elected representative from his or her congressional district.
Speaker of the House, the Role, Duties, and Powers
Typically the head of the majority party in the House, the Speaker outranks the Majority Leader. The salary of the Speaker is also higher than that of the Majority and Minority Leaders in both the House and Senate.
The Speaker rarely presides over regular meetings of the full House. Instead, they delegate the role to another representative. The Speaker does, however, typically preside over special joint sessions of Congress in which the House hosts the Senate.
The Speaker of the House serves as the presiding officer of the House. In this capacity, the Speaker:
Calls meetings of the House to order
Administers the oath of office to new members
Ensures that order and decorum are maintained on the floor of the House and in the visitor galleries
Makes rulings on disputed House procedures and parliamentary issues
As any other Representative, the Speaker may take part in debates and vote on legislation, but traditionally does so only in exceptional circumstances — such as when his or her vote could decide very important issues (like resolutions declaring war or amendment resolve ) I don’t see anywhere in there that says dictate what the president can and can’t do
@ThE DuCk furthermore even Obama’s appointed jeh Johnson admits he was well within his constitutional right… just like Obama was every time he did the same thing
Ha ha Remember when Trump said Hilary would’ve started WWIII?
Cue 1st Amend
no, but he was wrong just as the left is wrong in saying Trump will start WW3. Kind of hard to start a world war if the only 2 involved is a Super Power and a country that
controls and supports terrorist groups.
Yes, Cue 1st Amendment, we do remember. She’s always been smart and predicted everything he has done and has yet to do.
Wake up Alex! Neither, was Rome built in a day, but it is there still today.
Ya……so what’s your point?
´´THERE IS NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE ONES WHO SHOULDN´T DO THAT DUTY´´…
Yeah cuz he never does anything he isn’t supposed to do…
DJT shouLD travel to Iran and use his amazing negotiation skills and restore peace.
And just to show how tough he is, he should ALSO leave his security detail behind. I totally support that proposal 👍
Great idea. And stay until problem solved.
Pretty sure he just sent two negotiating teams there… you mad? Kabloooyee!
Don’t get mad…get even.
Moscow Mitch then needs to recuse himself. He already said he was siding with the President.
Trump to Prison
He needs to recuse himself from American politics since he has NO CONCERN for most Americans, especially the lowest half. He has admitted he won’t do his job!
What like 400 bills ignored on his desk?
It didn’t bother them when Bush Junior was doing much worse.
“The President will definitely attack Iran in some way to win reelection.” – Trump on Obama
@William H Music 2020 because he is going to #PRISON
@magicfox then why under trump wathc and his retoic has domestic shootign goen pu over 10 fold.. seems he is the master of disaster.
@Ellen Spear Just like you.
Trump was right. Obama and Hillary would have started wars much earlier.
When all else fails, start a war. Distract, distract, distract
Why now?
@Kyleigh White Killing a member of government of another nation is essentially a declaration of war. It is implicit. It does not need to be spelled out per the war powers act
Because he got caught trying to get illegal smear on a political rival so he would either smear or jail him (the latter a page out of his favorite dictators’ book)…or at least get enough smoke and mirrors to fake the smear until election day…
Now the election is less than a year away and he needs to drum up another fiasco that will get people scared again (so he can claim to be able to provide the solution) and distracted.
Remember “the Caravan” back in 2018? The goal was to get people scared so they vote for anyone who will ‘protect them from the brown people’…
@dump D Nice narrative are you stupid?
Perhaps the UN was going to invite him into the usa to lead a gun confiscation. You know, with an army of peaceful radical Islamics who showed him they’re willing to attack a US Military Base injuring many people and killing some. Ever wonder why, John Kerry is so close to the Iranians? Ever wonder why Obama was? Who was it that gave 33.3 Billion dollars of US Social Security’s money to Iran? Nevermind MSM, they only lie to protect the demonic because they’re Satanists.
It’s about time, before he damages us further. The world is laughing at us. I’m laughing at us.
ZTruth NY
The world is no longer laughing! The world is at the end of it’s patience & mad!
ZT: Long past the “laughing” stage. Now it’s war, death and destruction. Ony God can save us now.
I’ve always been laughing at us. Americans are the biggest idiots!
I wonder if they’ll try donnie as an adult.
David H Oh stop ha ha ha! XD Oh no, Trump’s still president boo hoo hoo tears sniffle sniffle 🙁
David: convict him as criminally insane.
That literally made me LOL
@Karin Meyer So sorry. No soggy Clinton cigar for you. Trump is a president impersonator.
Somebody should confine this man to a prison cell.
@R M you’re insane
@magicfox sick person,sorry for you.
I called the FBI, you are danger to the president and this country.
@Myballsitchsomethingfierce go take a shower