# S.J.Res. 114 (119th): A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.

A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: de_escalation. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: war_powers. 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 88: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 114. Vote type: discharge.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill directly restrains military hostilities against Iran that lack congressional authorization, which is a restraint on possible unjust war and on executive overreach in committing the nation to bloodshed. It preserves defense against attack, so it does not disarm lawful self-defense, which keeps it from a mixed classification.
Theological note: The measure raises issues of just authority for the sword, since Scripture and general equity require that war be waged only under lawful authority and for just cause. It also bears on the constitutional principle that the power to commit the nation to war belongs to the representative body, and on the protection of innocent life from unauthorized hostilities. The self-defense carve-out keeps the measure within the recognized category of defending against attack.

## Recorded votes

Roll 88: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 114. Yea 46 · Nay 51 · Other 3.

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