The bill, No Funds for Iran War Act, would prohibit the use of additional taxpayer funds for military action against Iran in the absence of an Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) or official declaration of war from Congress.
Prohibit the use of additional taxpayer funds for military action against Iran unless Congress has passed an AUMF or formally declared war.
Occurrences
Evidence
Goodlander’s office said the House passed a bipartisan Iran War Powers Resolution she helped lead, and noted she had previously supported legislation to prohibit taxpayer funds from being used to fund the war.
The Senate passed the same Iran war powers resolution 50-48 after the House had already approved it. The article describes the measure as nonbinding and as a directive to remove U.S. forces absent congressional authorization, not as a spending restriction.
Assessments
Goodlander appears to have seriously advanced a related Iran war-powers measure in the House and publicly backed restricting funding, but the evidence does not show enactment of the specific promise: a binding prohibition on additional taxpayer funds for military action against Iran unless Congress authorized it through an AUMF or formal declaration of war. The measures cited were nonbinding war-powers resolutions, so the promised outcome was not delivered.