# H.Con.Res. 61 (119th): This concurrent resolution directs the President to remove U.S

This concurrent resolution directs the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with any presidentially designated terrorist organization in the Western Hemisphere unless a declaration of war or authorization to use military force for such purpose has been enacted.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: congressional_authorization. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: counterterrorism. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: de_escalation. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: war_powers. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: western_hemisphere. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: good. A yea supports the bill. A nay is the penalized direction when the tag is scored as a protection. A yea on a credit tag is a credit.
Roll 345: On Agreeing to the Resolution. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure directly restrains U.S. military hostilities that lack a declaration of war or enacted authorization. That restrains potentially unauthorized killing and the concentration of war-making in the executive, which weighs toward good under general equity. The counterterrorism setting is a prudential matter, but the operative effect is restraint of force rather than advancement of harm.
Theological note: Scripture grants civil authorities the sword for justice (Romans 13:4) while requiring that the use of force be lawful, proportionate, and accountable to right authority. Bloodshed carries serious moral weight, and the question of who may authorize war is a matter of general equity. The measure bears on restraining unauthorized killing and on keeping war-making power under constitutional and legislative limits. This is issue relevance, not a final candidate judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 345: On Agreeing to the Resolution. Yea 210 · Nay 216 · Other 7.

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