The House voted to end the war. The president does not get a copy.

The Associated Press told you the next morning that “the U.S. House has voted to end the war in Iran, approving a war powers resolution that would halt President Donald Trump’s ability to continue military action without congressional approval.” Same paragraph: “None of the resolutions have made it to the president’s desk, where Trump would almost certainly veto the measure.”

H. Con. Res. 93 is a concurrent resolution. The Senate’s brief on types of legislation says concurrent resolutions “do not require the signature of the president and do not have the force of law.” The Congress.gov record has no signature step. Nobody sends this paper to the president. A veto is for a paper that arrives.

The text waits for the other chamber. “Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring).” The War Powers statute says forces shall be removed “if the Congress so directs by concurrent resolution.” Congress is two houses.

CNN said the measure “would require President Donald Trump to end his war with Iran,” and that the House “has ordered Trump to withdraw troops from Iran.” Ordered. The New York Times played the clerk audio and added the sentence the wire left out: “It doesn’t carry the force of law.”

Two hundred twenty people put their names on a roll call against a war that has been running since February. The budget office the Associated Press cited counted more than $38 billion through August 1. Two earlier House votes of this type this year did not stop the fighting. The members came in at half past ten and said yes or no.

Seth Moulton, who sponsored the resolution, said, “Tonight, Congress did its job.” Congress means both houses.

In 1983 the Supreme Court said a new legal obligation needs both houses and a paper on the president’s desk. No court has tested section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution. I will not invent the missing case.

The Associated Press put a veto in the lede. This paper does not take a veto. The Senate has not agreed to it. Under the ordinary classification of legislation it is not a law. Under the statute’s own sentence it is not yet Congress directing anyone.

The House took a vote at 10:32 p.m. The Associated Press put the paper on a veto desk. Concurrent resolutions do not go there.