{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://amo.house.gov/press-release/house-foreign-affairs-vice-ranking-member-amo-leads-29-members-in-demanding-end-to-trump-s-illegal-costly-war-of-choice-in-iran", "House Foreign Affairs Vice Ranking Member Amo Leads 29 Members in Demanding End to Trump\u2019s Illegal, Costly, War of Choice in Iran", "2026-05-20", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Gabe Amo", "A000380", "amo.house.gov", "amo", "https://amo.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2013 TODAY, House Foreign Affairs Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) led 29 Members in introducing a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to stop President Donald Trump\u2019s illegal war of choice with Iran, which is driving up costs and making Americans less safe.\n\nIf Speaker Johnson does not immediately bring this resolution to the House Floor for a vote, Ranking Member Amo will force a vote on this resolution to hold Trump accountable.\n\n\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s unnecessary, illegal war with Iran is driving up costs at home and endangering American troops abroad,\u201d said Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI). \u201cOur Constitution is clear: only Congress has the power to declare war, and I refuse to cede our authority to Trump and his cronies. This resolution reasserts that no one man has the power to drag us into a forever war. Every Member of Congress needs to step up and join us to end the war, stop the chaos, and take real steps to lower costs for the American people.\u201d\n\nThe resolution is co-sponsored by Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Shontel Brown (OH-11), Steve Cohen (TN-09), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Dan Goldman (NY-10), Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), Al Green (TX-09), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), William Keating (MA-09), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), Seth Magaziner (RI-02), Analilia Mejia (NJ-11), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Gwen Moore (WI-04), Jerry Nadler (NY-12), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Mike Quigley (IL-05), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Linda Sanchez (CA-38), Bradley Schneider (IL-10), Bobby Scott (VA-03), Lateefah Simon (CA-12), Greg Stanton (AZ-04), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), and Nikema Williams (GA-05).\n\nThe full text of the resolution can be found here.\n\nBackground\n\nCongressman Amo, Vice Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has voted three times to end Trump\u2019s illegal war in Iran.\n\nHe cosponsored three earlier War Powers Resolutions, H.Con.Res. 38, H.Con.Res. 40, and H.Con.Res. 86, to put a stop to Trump\u2019s illegal war.\n\nThis War Powers Resolution would require the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran. War Powers Resolutions allow Congress to check the power of the President and prevent the occupant of the Oval Office from committing the United States to a foreign conflict without the consent of Congress.\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-10T06:36:00Z", "2026-06-10T06:37:32Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://amo.house.gov/press-release/house-foreign-affairs-vice-ranking-member-amo-leads-29-members-in-demanding-end-to-trump-s-illegal-costly-war-of-choice-in-iran"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9170048870146275, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}