| Dems Have an Opportunity to Force an End to the Iran War. Will They Take It? For months, Democrats have forced Republicans to take vote after vote on President Donald Trump's unpopular war on Iran. Now those votes could help Democrats retake Congress -- and they will immediately have opportunities to follow through on their anti-war rhetoric. Democratic leaders like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York have been cagey about their strategy on Iran for the lame-duck period before the next Congress is sworn in on January 3. So far, months of Capitol Hill maneuvering have produced few concrete results. And one path to potential progress for ending the war is laden with risk: threatening a government shutdown. |
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