2026年3月3日 12:55 UTC / 路透社
华盛顿，3月2日（路透社） – 美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的共和党人周一坚称，对伊朗的袭击完全在其作为总司令的职权范围内，而民主党人则表示政府尚未证明其行动的合理性，并计划在本周就战争权力问题进行投票。
在以色列和美国部队对伊朗开始轰炸两天后，国务卿马尔科·卢比奥、国防部长彼得·赫格斯泰特、中央情报局局长约翰·拉特克利夫以及参谋长联席会议主席丹·凯恩将军向国会领导人通报了对伊朗的打击情况。
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进入简报前，卢比奥告诉记者，美国面临迫在眉睫的威胁，因为美国知道以色列计划攻击伊朗，并预计伊朗会通过攻击美军进行报复。
共和党议员表示，这导致了迫使美国做出回应的“迫在眉睫的威胁”。
“由于以色列决心采取行动，无论是否有美国参与，我们的总司令和政府……都面临一个非常艰难的决定，”众议院议长迈克·约翰逊在机密简报会后告诉记者。
“在我看来，现在……我们的军队和总司令正在主持一项行动，其范围有限、目标有限，并且对我们的国防绝对必要。我认为这项行动将很快结束，”约翰逊说。
民主党人则争辩说，美国宪法赋予国会而非总统宣战的唯一权利，特朗普不应在没有立法者批准的情况下发动他所说的可能持续数周的行动。
他们还指责政府未能为现在攻击伊朗提出一致的理由，并质疑美国利益是否在决定政策。
“美国利益”
弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员马克·华纳表示，在一周内，政府给出了各种各样的理由来解释攻击伊朗的原因：首先是摧毁其核计划，然后是终止其弹道导弹开发，改变其政权，现在又要击沉其海军舰队。
但他说，特朗普政府的高级助手未能令人信服地证明美国面临直接威胁。
“我坚定地支持以色列。但我认为，归根结底，当我们谈论让美国士兵置身险境时，当我们有美国伤亡并预计会有更多伤亡时，必须有证据证明对美国利益存在迫在眉睫的威胁。我仍然认为这个标准尚未满足，”华纳说。
到周一晚上，已有六名美国军人在冲突中丧生。
特朗普政府官员将于周二返回国会大厦，向参议院和众议院全体议员通报情况。
本周晚些时候，议员们预计将就战争权力决议进行投票，该决议可能阻止特朗普在没有国会宣战的情况下继续攻击伊朗。
美国宪法赋予国会（而非总统）派遣美军参战的权力，但有例外情况：出于国家安全考虑的有限打击。
然而，特朗普的共和党人在众议院和参议院都只占微弱优势，尽管已有少数共和党人与民主党人一起支持战争权力决议，但到目前为止，他的政党一直阻挠一切要求他获得立法者批准军事行动的努力。
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Trump’s Republicans defend Iran strikes as Democrats push for war powers vote
March 3, 2026 12:55 AM UTC / Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s Republicans insisted on Monday that the attack on Iran was fully within his authority as commander in chief, while Democrats said the administration has not made its case and planned a war powers vote this week.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff briefed congressional leaders about the strikes on Iran, two days after Israeli and U.S. forces began bombing the Islamic state.
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Going into the briefing, Rubio told reporters that there was an imminent threat to the United States because the U.S. knew that Israel planned to attack Iran and expected Iran to retaliate by attacking U.S. forces.
Republican lawmakers said that led to the “imminent threat” that forced the U.S. to respond.
“Because Israel was determined to act with or without the U.S., our commander in chief and the administration … had a very difficult decision to make,” House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters after the classified briefing.
“In my view, right now … our military and the commander in chief, he is presiding over the completion of an operation that was limited in scope, limited in its objective, and absolutely necessary for our defense. I think that operation will be wound up quickly,” Johnson said.
Democrats argued that the U.S. Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the sole right to declare war and that Trump should not have embarked on what he said could be a weeks-long campaign without lawmakers’ approval.
They also faulted the administration for failing to present a consistent argument for attacking Iran now, and questioned whether U.S. interests were dictating policy.
‘AMERICAN INTERESTS’
Within a week, Virginia Democratic Senator Mark Warner said, the administration has given a wide range of reasons for attacking Iran, first destroying its nuclear program, then ending its ballistic missile development, changing its regime and now sinking its naval fleet.
But Trump’s top aides have not made a convincing case that the U.S. faced an immediate threat, he said.
“I stand firmly with Israel. But I believe at the end of the day, when we are talking about putting American soldiers in harm’s way, when we have American casualties and expectations of more, there needs to be the proof of an imminent threat to American interests. I still don’t think that standard has been met,” Warner said.
By Monday evening, six U.S. service members had been killed in the conflict.
Trump administration officials will return to the Capitol on Tuesday to brief the full Senate and House of Representatives.
Later in the week, lawmakers are expected to vote on war powers resolutions that could block Trump from continuing to attack Iran without a congressional declaration of war.
The U.S. Constitution grants Congress, not the president, the power to send U.S. troops to war, except for limited strikes for national security reasons.
However, Trump’s Republicans hold slim margins in both the House and Senate and even though a few Republicans have joined Democrats in supporting war powers resolutions, his party has blocked every effort so far to force him to obtain lawmakers’ approval for military action.
Reporting by Patricia Zengerle, Nolan D. McCaskill and David Morgan, additional reporting by Ryan Jones; editing by Stephen Coates
