Hakeem Jeffries On Stripping Away Trump's War Powers

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🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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As Trump's illegal war with Iran rages on, causing the highest gas prices for the American consumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) joins us ahead of a very important vote tomorrow. The House will vote on the War Powers Resolution Bill aimed at curbing Trump's war powers. Jeffries and House Democrats are working tirelessly to secure a few more Republican votes, anticipating a very tight vote. We also spoke with the Minority Leader about Trump's AI Jesus photo and his latest attacks against Pope Leo. Jeffries also previews what Democrats plan for Trump if they win both the House and the Senate following the midterm elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to the Find Out podcast. We have a special episode today because we are joined
0:12.1	by the Democratic leader in the House. Hakeem Jeffries is with us. Leader Jeffries,
0:17.6	it's so great to have you on the Find Out podcast. Great to be with you both.
0:21.7	Yeah, so tomorrow there is a very important vote on the war powers resolution. We just saw,
0:28.3	I think, in the Senate that there was a failure to pass that. What is your expectation tomorrow?
0:33.1	Are there enough Republicans to bring along with the Democrats to finally put an end to this illegal war?
0:39.6	Or what do you think is going to happen tomorrow?
0:41.9	It's going to be very close.
0:43.6	We're working as hard as we can to just get a handful of additional Republicans.
0:48.0	We know we have two.
0:49.5	If we can secure two more, then we'll be able to pass this war powers resolution on our side to take
0:57.2	the step necessary to end this reckless and costly war of choice in the Middle East.
1:04.6	The nerve of Donald Trump, it's incredible to me that they're spending billions of dollars to drop
1:10.8	bombs in the Middle
1:12.0	East.
1:13.5	More than a dozen lives have already been lost.
1:16.4	Brave American heroes.
1:18.3	Hundreds of our servicemen and women have been seriously injured.
1:23.2	Gas prices are through the roof.
1:25.6	And Donald Trump has failed to make a compelling case at all
1:29.6	to the American people as to why we're even in this thing to begin with.
1:33.8	What are the goals?
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