Why House Dems didn't force an Iran war powers vote

Likely their chances will improve in a couple/few weeks as oil prices go up, more chaos ensues, the risk of boots on the grounds becomes higher, and more Republicans defect in both the House and Senate. Senate is 53-47 against at present so things have to get worse before the defections come and something can actually pass both chambers.

Watching house leadership handle war powers is like watching a guy complain about his roommate’s loud music for three years, finally getting handed the remote to the speakers, and then saying 'actually, i think it’s important we maintain the status quo for diplomatic reasons.' it’s performance art at this point. the 'war powers' act has basically become a decorative paperweight that everyone forgets exists until they need a campaign talking point.

The article states that Dems think “they still lacked the votes to pass the measure” Axios could have put that in the headline but they want some enragement engagement.

The reason would be AIPEC.

>House Democrats chose not to force a vote this week to block President Trump from unilaterally waging war with Iran in part out of fear that they still lacked the votes to pass the measure >Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) also told Axios on Thursday that she will "most likely" vote with Democrats the next time they force a war powers vote. Yes, but: One more potential Democratic holdout and several absences are still giving party leadership pause, according to multiple House Democrats who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak candidly about private deliberations. >Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) told Axios on Wednesday he doesn't "have an answer" on how he plans to vote, saying this is "just not the type of thing I feel like you rush into decisions about." >"We have some absences. Ted Lieu's not here this week," said one House Democrat familiar with the matter, referring to the House Democratic caucus vice chair who was out due to the recent death of his father. >Said a senior House Democrat: "Everyone's freaked out, but we didn't have the people here to pass it. … No point in bringing up a resolution that's going to fail because we have an attendance problem."

AIPAC influences both sides of the government, and it's in Israel's interest to continue the war.

The gop is dangerous with our votes and the dems don’t deserve our votes

Because there's just as many Dems on the AIPAC take as there are Repubs. And they all want what Israel wants. Not the American people. Plain and simple. Dems get to act like this is an atrocity. Like they don't want this war. But they do. Trump doing it allows them to hang it all around his neck. It's a win win for them. But come time to put a stop to it when they can? Oh suddenly they can't for \*insert bs reason here\*. The real reason is AIPAC. Nothing else.

It’s the classic dnc playbook: complain loudly about 'executive overreach' when they're in the minority, then suddenly lose their collective spine the moment a vote actually matters. they don't want to 'force' anything because then they’d actually have to go on the official record. much easier to just fundraise off the *idea* of stopping a war than actually, you know, stopping it.