Democrats remain frustrated with the Trump administration's shifting rationale for the drone strike that killed Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian general, which in turn led to Iran launching missile attacks on two bases in Iraq that house U.S. troops last week.

The votes during the week of Jan. 27 will come after the House already passed a war powers resolution last week largely along party lines that would direct the president to end military hostilities with Iran unless there is an imminent attack or Congress specifically authorizes it.

Both measures previously passed the House last summer as part of the annual defense authorization bill, but were left out of the final version that Trump signed into law in December.



Leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) had been in talks with Democratic leaders since last week about holding separate votes on the two bills alongside the war powers resolution. CPC leaders also publicly called for votes on the two bills.



During a briefing with reporters earlier Tuesday in the Capitol, Hoyer linked the votes to the Trump administration's shifting explanations for the strike targeting Soleimani.



Democrats — and a handful of Republicans — were frustrated by a briefing with Trump administration officials on Capitol Hill last week that they said did not offer evidence of an imminent threat from Iran.



"We're very, very concerned about the briefing, about the contradictions that the president has come out with. He was saying that you know, an imminent danger was not necessary, that they had a lot of information over a lot of time. I think there's a lot we need to find out here. So far the administration's contradictions have undermined the credibility of their representations," Hoyer said.



Trump said in a Fox News interview last week that there was intelligence showing that Iran could have attacked four American embassies. But Defense Secretary Mark Esper Mark EsperTop admiral: 'No condition' where US should conduct nuclear test 'at this time' Overnight Defense: Trump hosts Israel, UAE, Bahrain for historic signing l Air Force reveals it secretly built and flew new fighter jet l Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals' Oldest living US World War II veteran turns 111 MORE During a briefing with reporters earlier Tuesday in the Capitol, Hoyer linked the votes to the Trump administration's shifting explanations for the strike targeting Soleimani.Democrats — and a handful of Republicans — were frustrated by a briefing with Trump administration officials on Capitol Hill last week that they said did not offer evidence of an imminent threat from Iran."We're very, very concerned about the briefing, about the contradictions that the president has come out with. He was saying that you know, an imminent danger was not necessary, that they had a lot of information over a lot of time. I think there's a lot we need to find out here. So far the administration's contradictions have undermined the credibility of their representations," Hoyer said.Trump said in a Fox News interview last week that there was intelligence showing that Iran could have attacked four American embassies. But Defense Secretarysaid on the Sunday political talk show circuit days later that he had not seen concrete evidence that the embassies were under threat when Trump authorized targeting Soleimani.

Then on Monday, Trump tweeted that it “doesn’t really matter” if Soleimani was planning imminent attacks because of his “horrible past.”

The Senate may also take up the war powers debate in the coming days just as it begins to turn its focus on the upcoming impeachment trial, but the timing is currently in flux.