WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Democrats approved a war powers resolution to reassert their authority in Congress to limit the president’s military actions regarding Iran.

The vote follows an Iranian attack on Iraqi bases that housed U.S. troops, which was in retaliation to the president’s orders for an airstrike that killed a top Iranian general.

Three Republicans voted to approve the resolution, including an outspoken President Trump supporter from Florida, Rep. Matt Gaetz, which could signal a handful of Republicans who may also support a Senate version of the resolution. A Senate bill is still less likely to pass.

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Eight House Democrats also voted against the measure, one saying now wasn’t the right time to “play politics.”

But the majority of Democrats voted with Pelosi, saying the president never justified his original attack that killed a top Iranian general.

Los Angeles Democrat Jimmy Gomez said the president using the Authorization Act of 2002, which states the ability for the Commander in Chief to use “military force against Iraq,” is unreasonable because while the attacks happened in Iraq, the U.S. struck against Iran.

“If a bill that would repeal the authorization to use military force from 2002 comes up I will be supporting that as well, to repeal it,” said Gomez.

Norwalk Democrat Linda Sanchez also voted to approve the resolution and said she hopes Senators will think closely about how they wish to go on the record in this situation.

“I’m anxious to see what the Senate will do,” said Sanchez. “But I think that if we clearly are going to allow the legislative branch to assert itself as a co-equal branch of government with a lone power to declare war I think we do need some constraints with what the president can do militarily.”

The war powers resolution is non-binding, but Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of California, said this measure is sending a clear statement that the president shouldn’t take further military action against Iran without congressional approval.

This resolution brings up a bigger question of where the war powers should rest and whether the president will come to Congress if there is another similar situation in the future.