# S.J.Res. 123 (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: congressional_authorization. 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.
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 79: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 123. Vote type: discharge.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure directly restrains military hostilities that lack congressional authorization, which is a restraint on possible unjust killing and on executive overreach in war. It preserves defense against attack, so it does not disarm lawful self-defense. Its moral weight rests on restraining unauthorized war rather than on any prudential judgment about Iran policy.
Theological note: Scripture grounds the civil power's use of the sword in lawful authority and justice, and it treats the unjust shedding of blood as a grave matter. This measure bears on whether armed force is undertaken under the constitutional order that requires Congress to authorize war, and it preserves a defensive exception. Its relevance is the restraint of unauthorized military hostilities, not a final judgment on the wisdom of any particular Iran policy.

## Recorded votes

Roll 79: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 123. Yea 47 · Nay 52 · Other 1.

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