{"id":18956,"date":"2026-04-09T22:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/18956\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T22:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:45:18","slug":"let-us-vote-house-gop-blocks-dems-iran-war-powers-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/18956\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Let Us Vote’: House GOP Blocks Dems\u2019 Iran War Powers Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

US House<\/a> Republicans<\/a> thwarted<\/a> an effort by Democrats to pass a war powers resolution to rein in President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran on Thursday, pushing it off until at least next week.<\/p>\n

During a pro forma session Thursday morning with most members still out of town on recess, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) attempted to bring the resolution to the floor for a vote using unanimous consent\u2014a shortcut allowing legislation to pass instantly if all lawmakers agree.<\/p>\n

But with a furious thwack of the gavel, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the pro forma speaker, abruptly brought the session to a close without allowing him to speak, prompting loud objections from other Democrats in the room.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnd the war. Let us vote,\u201d shouted<\/a> Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Va.).<\/p>\n

Ivey was attempting a long shot bid to pass a resolution introduced back in March by Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), which Democrats opted to punt until<\/a> after the recess despite building momentum on Capitol Hill and despite Trump’s growing belligerence against Iran, which culminated this week in a threat<\/a> to wipe out the “whole civilization.”<\/p>\n

“My Democratic colleagues and I showed up on the House floor today to do our job and defend Congress\u2019s constitutional war powers,” said Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.). “Republicans refused to even recognize our resolution.”<\/p>\n

“They\u2019re choosing this war, and Trump\u2019s violence and chaos,” he said.<\/p>\n

The US and Iran reached a ceasefire on Tuesday night, but it’s currently hanging by a thread<\/a> after Israel launched an unprecedented assault on Lebanon<\/a> that led Iran to retaliate by once again choking off<\/a> travel through the critical Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

Calls from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-N.Y.) for Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-La.) to reconvene the House have fallen on deaf ears. War powers votes are expected to occur in both the House and Senate next week.<\/p>\n

Previous measures have failed<\/a> to pass both chambers. But prior to the recess, it appeared<\/a> that reluctant House Democrats<\/a> and at least three Republican defectors had gotten on board, potentially giving the measure enough votes to pass.<\/p>\n

The Senate may pose more of an uphill battle. Most of the 47 Democratic Caucus members are expected to be on board, as is Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) But the hawkish Sen. John Fetterman<\/a> (D-Pa.) has stood<\/a> in the way<\/a> of past resolutions, and no other Republicans have signaled solid support.<\/p>\n

However, lawmakers voting to continue the war will have to explain that decision to a wary public. An Economist\/YouGov poll<\/a> published Tuesday showed that 53% of Americans oppose the war, while just 34% approve. The prospect of sending ground troops into Iran, which Trump has heavily considered<\/a>, is even less popular, with just 15% of Americans supporting the idea.<\/p>\n

“We need a permanent end to Donald Trump’s costly and reckless war of choice,” Jeffries said at a press conference<\/a> Thursday afternoon. “Upon our return, we will force another vote on the House floor around the war powers resolution that will compel the Trump administration<\/a> to cease military hostilities immediately.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US House Republicans thwarted an effort by Democrats to pass a war powers resolution to rein in President…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[144],"tags":[12,13615,485,197,243,2379,11543],"class_list":["post-18956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hakeem-jeffries","tag-donald-trump","tag-gregory-meeks","tag-hakeem-jeffries","tag-iran-war","tag-israel","tag-us-congress","tag-war-powers-resolution"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116377178921245424","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}