# S.J.Res. 116 (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 69: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 116. Vote type: discharge.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The resolution directly restrains hostilities that lack congressional authorization, which is a restraint on unjust or unauthorized killing and a defense of constitutional limits on war-making. The explicit defensive carve-out keeps the measure from forbidding self-defense, which supports a good classification rather than a mixed one.
Theological note: The measure bears on the just-war principle that lethal force requires lawful and legitimate authority, and on the constitutional separation of the power to commit the nation to war. Restraining unauthorized hostilities relates to the bloodguilt concern of killing without warrant, while the defense-of-attack carve-out preserves the legitimate defense of persons and property. This is issue relevance, not a final candidate judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 69: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 116. Yea 47 · Nay 53 · Other 0.

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