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Democrats are incensed over President Trump's threat to end Iranian civilization ahead of last week's ceasefire announcement.
More than three dozen called for him to be removed from office.
After this weekend's talks led by Vice President Vance failed, Democrats will force votes on the war in an attempt to curb the president's powers.
The Constitution gives Congress the authority to declare war, though it's been some time since they asserted it.
The show votes are expected to fail, but ahead of the eventual consideration of the president's $1.5 trillion Pentagon funding request, they'll put Republicans on the record about a military campaign that remains extremely unpopular among the American public.
Eric McDaniel, NPR News, Washington.
President Trump wants the Department of Homeland Security reopened.
I'm sure I don't have to tell anyone listening, you've been hearing about this shutdown for so long, it's become the longest agency shutdown ever.
There is a plan which is pass a short-term funding bill to fund all of the agency except for immigration enforcement.
They're doing that in cooperation with Democrats.
Then go through the longer process of
of funding all of DHS for the rest of Trump's time in office.
Agencies are typically funded just a year at a time, so that's a big deal.
Democrats are incensed over President Trump's threat to end Iranian civilization ahead of last week's ceasefire announcement.
More than three dozen called for him to be removed from office.
After this weekend's talks led by Vice President Vance failed, Democrats will force votes on the war in an attempt to curb the president's powers.
The Constitution gives Congress the authority to declare war, though it's been some time since they asserted it.
The show votes are expected to fail, but ahead of the eventual consideration of the president's $1.5 trillion Pentagon funding request, they'll put Republicans on the record about a military campaign that remains extremely unpopular among the American public.
Eric McDaniel, NPR News, Washington.