WASHINGTON — Top congressional lawmakers shrugged off the supposed Friday deadline to reauthorize the war in Iran, given that it’ll be 60 days since Operation Epic Fury began. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) openly questioned whether reauthorization was even necessary, and Senate GOP lawmakers similarly brushed aside the supposed deadline. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth claimed the 60-day clock stopped running after President Trump announced the military cease-fire on April 7. “We are in a cease-fire right now,” Hegseth said Thursday during Senate testimony. “The 60-day clock pauses or stops in a cease-fire … that’s our understanding, just so you know.” Under the War Powers Act of 1973, presidents get 60 days to carry out military action abroad and then must terminate the use of force unless Congress has declared war or authorized the use of lethal force.  Friday will mark 60 days since President Trump started the war in Iran.…