Barbara Sprunt

Warner and other Democrats have made a point of acknowledging the human rights abuses and nuclear ambitions of the Iranian regime.

but say the administration hasn't given sufficient justification for this military action or explained what their plan is going forward.

Yeah, I mean, this is a bigger theme of the seeding of ground from the legislative branch to the executive branch.

And although President Trump is ramping that up, it's certainly not new.

And this week, the House and Senate are expected to vote on measures to require congressional approval for more military operations in Iran.

And it may feel a little like deja vu because back in January, there was a separate War Powers Resolution to pull back intervention in Venezuela.

That failed.

The resolution this week faces similar challenges.

We expect the votes will largely fall along partisan lines, despite broad disapproval from Americans more generally about this war.

But there are some outliers here on the Hill.

A small number of Republicans who say they'll vote to curb the president's actions and some Democrats who say that the resolution could actually restrict the flexibility that's needed to respond to threats in real time.

Well, negotiations are slow.

Not much progress seems to have been made since there was this shutdown in mid-February.

We'll hear from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem today and tomorrow on the Hill.

Some Republicans are actually tying this to Iran.

They say that, you know, because counterterrorism falls under the broad mandate of DHS, Congress should fund the department as soon as possible.

But I haven't seen any movement from Democrats indicating that that is forthcoming.

They are still pushing for changes to immigration enforcement.

Congressional Democrats sent a counteroffer to the White House late last night.

Details on the trading of offers between Republicans and Democrats have been kept under wraps.