近期投票凸显了第一修正案权力与第二修正案权力之间长期存在的紧张关系，随着中东冲突升级。
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2026年3月8日 美国东部时间上午6:00
杰亚帕利议员称：伊朗战争“后果比叙利亚更大”
众议员普拉米拉·杰亚帕利为其伊朗战争权力决议投票辩护，称“只有国会有权宣战”，警告长期后果，还补充称这“不应具有党派性”。（图片来源：Nicholas Ballasy/Fox News Digital）
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众议院周四就民主党主导的伊朗战争权力决议进行投票，旨在限制唐纳德·特朗普总统在德黑兰的军事权力——这引发了关于行政权力的激烈辩论，并重新提出了总统在采取未来军事打击行动前是否必须与国会进行协商（或任何协商）的问题。
如果该决议通过，民主党主导的伊朗战争权力决议将要求特朗普终止任何针对伊朗的美国武装部队行动，除非获得国会“明确授权”。众议院议员在该问题上基本按党派划分。
在众议院投票后接受福克斯新闻数字版采访时，华盛顿州民主党众议员普拉米拉·杰亚帕利为她支持新的伊朗战争权力决议进行了辩护。她说，在她看来，特朗普越权并侵犯了宪法第一条（国会权力）。“这关乎我们的第一条宪法权力，”她说。
国会“唯一有权宣战，我们不能基于任何总统单方面的‘意见’将我们的军队置于危险之中，”杰亚帕利在一份声明中表示。
杰亚帕利议员在联邦政府停摆期间敦促民主党“坚定立场”（Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images）
此次投票发生在美国几天前对伊朗发动打击之后，中东紧张局势升级——一些民主党人指责特朗普政府急于将美国卷入中东另一场长期冲突，而事先未与国会协商。
与此同时，共和党人认为，白宫正以符合国家最佳利益的方式行事。
杰亚帕利告诉福克斯新闻数字版，她长期以来一直批评其他总统在采取军事行动前未与国会协商——包括在乔·拜登总统下令对伊朗支持的民兵组织在叙利亚发动空袭之后。
“我也反对拜登，”杰亚帕利谈到拜登2021年在叙利亚的空袭时表示。
众议院民主党投票继续推进国土安全部停摆，不顾伊朗威胁和诺姆的罢免
2026年2月28日周六，以色列对德黑兰发动打击后，唐纳德·特朗普总统在伊朗监控美军行动。（@白宫/X）
“我反对每一位试图未经授权发动战争的民主党和共和党总统，因为我认为这不应该具有党派性，”她继续说道，“这关乎我们的第一条宪法权力。”
她的言论引发了几乎所有共和党众议院议员和党内少数民主党人的强烈反对，这些人指出，总司令必须保留一定程度的灵活性，以应对外国威胁并保护美国在海外的人员和利益。
他们还批评支持伊朗战争权力决议的民主党人在海外敏感时刻对军事决策进行事后质疑。
本周早些时候，一群民主党人敦促众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（R-路易斯安那州）下周将众议院留在华盛顿，理由是伊朗局势“迅速演变”。
特朗普称“失败者”舒默和民主党人会批评他在伊朗问题上的任何决定
这张2025年照片显示唐纳德·特朗普总统在白宫监控摧毁三个伊朗核浓缩设施的任务。（Daniel Torok/白宫通过盖蒂图片社）
支持者认为，限制总统权力——尤其是在国家安全局势动荡期间这样做——可能会使外国对手更有恃无恐，并削弱美国的反应能力。
与此同时，民主党人继续担心特朗普未能证明存在“迫在眉睫”的威胁，而这将证明其根据第二条宪法权力采取单方面军事行动的合理性。
此次投票凸显了关于行政战争权力范围和国会在授权使用武力方面作用的长期两党辩论——这一紧张局势跨越了多个政府和冲突。
杰亚帕利本人似乎并未因共和党人的反对而动摇。
她指出，在她看来，美国在伊朗的行动可能会持续很长时间，其后果可能比美国在叙利亚的参与“大得多”。
“这里确实有真正的地面部队，而叙利亚没有这种情况，”杰亚帕利说，“我认为这是一场大得多、大得多、大得多的战争，没有迫在眉睫的威胁。”
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Longtime Trump critic reveals why she thinks his Iran actions are wrong, warns it’s a ‘much bigger war’
A recent vote underscores longstanding tensions between Article I and Article II powers as conflict escalates in the Middle East.
By Breanne Deppisch
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Published March 8, 2026 6:00am EDT
Iran war ‘has even bigger consequences’ than Syria, Rep. Jayapal says
Rep. Pramila Jayapal defended her Iran War Powers vote, saying “Congress alone has power to declare war,” warning of long-term consequences and adding it “shouldn’t be partisan.” (Credit: Nicholas Ballasy for Fox News Digital)
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The House voted Thursday on a Democrat-led Iran War Powers Resolution, aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s military authority in Tehran — bringing to the fore a sharp debate over executive powers, and reviving fresh questions as to what level of consultation, if any, presidents must seek from Congress before proceeding with future military strikes.
If passed, the Democrat-led Iran War Powers Resolution would have required Trump to terminate the use of any U.S. armed forces against Iran unless it was “explicitly authorized” by Congress. House lawmakers are largely split on the issue along party lines.
Speaking to Fox News Digital in an interview after the House vote, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., defended her support for the new Iran War Powers Resolution. She said that, in her view, Trump had exceeded his authority and impinged upon Article I of the Constitution. “It’s about our Article I power,” she said.
Congress alone “has the power to declare war, and we cannot be putting our troops at risk based on the ‘opinion’ of any President unilaterally,” Jayapal said in a statement.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal urged Democrats to “stand strong” amid the federal government shutdown.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The vote came amid escalating tensions in the Middle East following the U.S. strike on Iran days earlier— and as some Democrats have accused the Trump administration of racing to involve the U.S. in yet another long-running conflict in the Middle East without first consulting Congress.
Republicans, meanwhile, maintain that the White House is acting within its authority in the best interests of the country.
Jayapal told Fox News Digital that she has long been a critic of other presidents who failed to consult Congress before taking military action — including under former President Joe Biden, after he ordered a U.S. airstrike on an Iran-backed militia in Syria.
“I spoke out against Biden as well,” Jayapal said of Biden’s 2021 airstrike in Syria.
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“I spoke out against every Democratic and Republican president who tried to go to war without authorization, because I don’t think it should be partisan,” she continued, adding: “It’s about our Article I power.”
Her remarks come as the Democrat-led measure has sparked fierce opposition from nearly all GOP House members, and a small group of Democrats in the chamber, who noted that the commander-in-chief must retain some level of flexibility to respond to foreign threats and protect U.S. personnel and interests abroad.
They also criticized Democrats who supported the Iran War Powers Resolution for taking a posture of second-guessing military decisions during a sensitive moment overseas.
Earlier this week, a group of Democrats urged House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to keep the House of Representatives in D.C. next week, citing the “rapidly evolving” situation in Iran.
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President Donald Trump is seen monitoring the mission that took out three Iranian nuclear enrichment sites at the White House in this 2025 photo.(Daniel Torok/The White House via Getty Images)
Backers argue that restricting a president’s authority— and doing so in the middle of a volatile national security situation— could embolden foreign adversaries and undermine the U.S. ability to respond.
Democrats, meanwhile, have continued to cite concerns that Trump has failed to demonstrate an “imminent” threat that would justify unilateral military action under his Article II powers.
The vote underscores a broader, long-running bipartisan debate over the scope of executive war powers and Congress’ role in authorizing the use of force — a tension that has spanned multiple administrations and conflicts.
Jayapal, for her part, appeared unfazed by the GOP pushback.
She noted that, in her view, the U.S. action in Iran could be long-lasting, and is likely to have “much bigger consequences” than the U.S. involvement in Syria.
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“There are real troops on the ground here in a way that wasn’t the case in Syria,” Jayapal said. “And I think it’s a much, much, much bigger war with no imminent threat.”
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