There may be enough defections from hawkish Democrats to doom a measure Democratic leadership plans to force to a vote

[Celerity]

next week reining in Trump's war powers.

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/28/iran-trump-strikes-congress-democrats-israel

"I don't support the resolution, which would require us to completely abandon our allies," Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) told Axios. "The Administration returned to the practice of notifying Congress of a strike with [Secretary of State Marco] Rubio briefing the Gang of 8 last week. The strikes are an attempt to prevent further war, not to start one."

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"Congress was not consulted, nor was it given the opportunity to authorize the use of force. This is an unacceptable breach of its constitutional role," said Rep. Greg Meeks (D-N.Y.), the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), the hawkish chair of the center-left New Democrat Coalition, said in a statement: "Given this Administration's failure to engage Congress ... I will vote to support the War Powers Resolution coming to the floor of the House next week."

Yes, but: Other Democrats largely praised the strikes and said they simply want the administration to brief Congress moving forward:

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) cheered the administration's "decisive action" to "defend our national security, fight terror, protect our allies, and stand with the Iranian people." "The threat posed by Tehran is real and longstanding," said Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) in a statement to Axios. "Iran must never obtain a nuclear weapon." Problem Solvers Caucus co-chair Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) said in a statement posted to X: "I agree with the President's objectives that Iran can never be allowed to obtain nuclear capabilities."

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plus there is this from Fetterman