Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, voted against a resolution Thursday that would force President Donald Trump to obtain approval from Congress before taking further military action in Iran.

The resolution passed the Democrat-majority chamber. It was a rebuke of Trump’s decision to order a drone strike against a top Iranian general and escalate tensions between the two countries without notifying Congress.

In a message posted to her Facebook page, Herrera Beutler wrote that the Iranian official killed in the strike, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, was responsible for American deaths.

“I would have expected any commander in chief, regardless of party, to take this strategic opportunity to rid the world of one of its most deadly terrorists,” Herrera Beutler said. “Given the current state of de-escalation there is no need for us to now embolden Iran by holding a public show of division within our government.”

In an earlier statement, Herrera Beutler had urged her colleagues to “proceed with care to keep U.S. troops from being involved in another prolonged conflict in the Middle East.”