US EditionHouse Republicans narrowly reject effort to end Trump’s war with Iran
The 213-214 vote kept Trump’s Iran campaign in place as Republicans largely backed him and Democrats warned Congress must approve further force.
- On Thursday, April 16, 2026, the U.S. House narrowly defeated Rep. Gregory Meeks's war-powers resolution, 213-214, failing to restrict President Donald Trump's military campaign in Iran without explicit congressional authorization.
- Following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Feb. 28, Democrats invoked the 1973 War Powers Resolution as the operation approaches an April 28 deadline requiring congressional approval for continued hostilities.
- Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., supported the measure, while Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, voted against it alongside Republicans, and Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, voted present, helping leadership block the resolution.
- With 14 U.S. service members killed and daily costs of $2 billion, Democrats argued the administration lacks a clear endgame while the military continues blockading Iranian ports.
- As the April 28 deadline approaches, the administration faces pressure to outline an end state, while lawmakers promised to keep raising war powers votes in coming weeks.
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US House rejects bid to curb Trump’s Iran war powers
The US House of Representatives on Thursday rejected an effort to curb President Donald Trump's authority to wage war in Iran, another setback in Democrats' campaign to force Congress back into decisions over military action in the Middle East. The vote, held after Democrats forced the issue onto the floor, came as unease over the six-week conflict continued to spread on Capitol Hill, with lawmakers wary of rising costs, an unclear endgame and t…
War powers resolution rejected by 1 vote, 213-214
A single vote kept Trump's Iran war authority intact as Hegseth says U.S. remains 'locked and loaded'
A view of the damaged B1 bridge, a day after it was destroyed by an airstrike, on April 3, 2026 west of Tehran in Karaj, Iran. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The approval gap on President Donald Trump’s war in Iran narrowed slightly Thursday in the U.S. House, when a War Powers Resolution gained a handful of votes, though still falling just short of passage. The effort to force Trump to seek congressional authorization before f…
House resolution to curtail Trump’s war powers in Iran narrowly fails
A war powers resolution aimed at curtailing President Trump's power to wage war in Iran failed in a 213-214 vote on the House floor Thursday, marking the third such failure for Democrats in the lower chamber.
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