# S.J.Res. 172 (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 174: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 172. 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 unauthorized killing and on executive overreach in war. It preserves defense against attack, so it does not disarm lawful self-defense. The judgment is prudent from the title and summary alone.
Theological note: Scripture grants civil authorities the sword for justice but requires that the use of force be ordered to just ends and rightly constituted authority. Under general equity, this resolution bears on whether the state engages in lethal force without the legitimate authorization that constrains the power of war. Its defensive carve-out also reflects the duty to protect the innocent from attack.

## Recorded votes

Roll 174: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 172. Yea 47 · Nay 48 · Other 5.

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