In the House, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has dismissed a bipartisan effort by libertarian-leaning Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and progressive Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., to bring a similar proposal to the floor. Johnson has argued that there should be no dispute the president acted legally in ordering the strikes.

What Democrats didn’t do in the wake of President Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally greenlight military strikes on Iran was push a consistent, coherent message. In Congress, Democrats were all over the map on where they stood on Trump's action.