Four Republicans Join Democrats as House Passes Resolution to End Iran War
“This was a foolish, politically driven vote. … This vote is incredibly shortsighted and does not serve the American people or our allies for that matter.”
The House passed a resolution to end the Iran War by a 215-208 vote on Wednesday. The measure drew unanimous Democratic support and backing from four Republicans: Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Tom Barrett of Michigan, and Warren Davidson of Ohio. The legislation now heads to the Senate.
Cheers broke out among Democrats in the chamber after the resolution was adopted. Three prior attempts to pass the measure had failed. The first, introduced by Massie on March 5, came just five days after the war began. The other two efforts were led by House Democrats.
The move is largely symbolic due to the ongoing debate over whether concurrent resolutions — measures passed by both chambers of Congress that do not require presidential approval and typically lack the force of law — are legally binding.
It’s important to note that the Senate version of this legislation is not a concurrent resolution, but a “joint resolution.” According to The Hill, this means that if the Senate passes their measure, it “would go to Trump’s desk and, if signed, [would carry] the force of law.” However, even if that were to happen, Trump would almost certainly veto it.
Regardless, the vote handed the Iranian regime precisely the kind of propaganda victory it needs. Tehran can now point to bipartisan opposition to the war as evidence that the United States lacks the unity and resolve needed to see the conflict through to a successful conclusion — a narrative the Iranian state media has been pushing from the very beginning.
Tehran has been betting that mounting public weariness with the war, coupled with persistently high gas prices, would eventually force Trump’s hand, especially in the run-up to the midterm elections.
So, despite suffering devastating losses to its leadership ranks and military infrastructure at the hands of the U.S. and Israel, the Iranian regime, much like Hamas before it, has managed to turn its weakness into a public-relations advantage. Iran may be losing the war on the battlefield, but with help from Democratic lawmakers and an overwhelmingly sympathetic media, they are winning the battle for public opinion.
🚨 BREAKING: The US House has just PASSED an anti-Trump Iran War Powers Resolution to rein in military action, 215-208
Cheers ERUPT to aid the Iranian regime on the House floor
UTTER BETRAYAL!
Republican YEAs: Massie, Fitzpatrick, Barrett, Davidson
Good thing this WON'T… pic.twitter.com/mgAENYQRdP
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 3, 2026
Responding to the news in a Thursday morning post on Truth Social, Trump stated the obvious: “They would rather have our Country fail than give me another, of many, victories.”
🚨 Trump: “Yesterday, in a meaningless vote, the House voted, 4 bad Republicans and all of the Dumocrats, to limit my War Powers, right in the middle of my final negotiations to end the War with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Who would do such an unpatriotic thing. They know where… pic.twitter.com/hbW0gfCBQt
— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) June 4, 2026
Recognizing the damage this vote could cause, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), a former Navy SEAL, explained his concerns to constituents on X:
The Trump Administration led by @realDonaldTrump was following the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to the Letter of the Law.
This was a foolish, politically driven vote that would restrict the Commander-in-Chief’s ability – regardless of their political party – to exercise their Constitutionally enumerated authority as explicitly stated in Article II, Sec II.
Are members of Congress now going to dictate military deployment cycles?
Will Congress say when the military can release ordnance for self defense by establishing ROE’s from the House floor?
This vote is incredibly shortsighted and does not serve the American people or our allies for that matter.
The Trump Administration led by @realDonaldTrump was following the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to the Letter of the Law.
This was a foolish, politically driven vote that would restrict the Commander-in-Chief’s ability – regardless of their political party – to exercise their… https://t.co/Dr9Efbxhli
— Derrick Van Orden (@derrickvanorden) June 3, 2026
House Democrats, naturally, were overjoyed by their “big win” against Trump. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi expressed her delight over the vote on X. “Donald Trump and Republicans illegally plunged America into a war in Iran without a strategy or an endgame. Their ineptitude has made prices surge and cost the lives of America’s servicemembers. Today, House Democrats acted to end it.”
Donald Trump and Republicans illegally plunged America into a war in Iran without a strategy or an endgame. Their ineptitude has made prices surge and cost the lives of America's servicemembers.
Today, House Democrats acted to end it. https://t.co/v8pkmNdPYZ
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 4, 2026
Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) also took to X to crow about it. “This is big! We finally passed a War Powers Resolution, bringing us a step closer to ending Trump’s war in Iran,” he wrote. “This illegal war has cost lives, raised energy prices, and thrown the world into chaos. Enough.”
This is big! We finally passed a War Powers Resolution, bringing us a step closer to ending Trump's war in Iran.
This illegal war has cost lives, raised energy prices, and thrown the world into chaos. Enough.
Now it's the Senate's turn to pass it — let's get this done. https://t.co/FAwM21CrKJ
— Rep. Jared Huffman (@RepHuffman) June 3, 2026
I would argue that this so-called “illegal war” has also severely degraded Iran’s ability to wage war and set the regime’s nuclear ambitions back by years. For nearly half a century, the mullahs have terrorized their own people, destabilized the region, and threatened the wider world through proxies and direct aggression. One would think that weakening the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps would be cause for celebration among Americans.
Yet Democrats seem to think they have accomplished something noble by attempting to end the war, even as the president is actively engaged in negotiations aimed at achieving that very outcome. By signaling division at home, they are reducing his leverage and making a favorable settlement harder to secure. And they are keenly aware of what they are doing.
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I agree with them. Let’s end it, swiftly and potently.
As long as the resolution is swift, and involves nuclear weapons we sent.
Trump should use this as a kick in the pants to do what he should have months ago.
trump is one of them
by taking Netanyooohuuu out of his game its the same thing as the 4 gop
so now trump cant get mad at them
its as if trump told a gop run city to no longer arrest blmplo insurgents
Teddy Roosevelt was not exactly a sissy. He famously said,
“Talk softly but carry a big stick.”
Trump is doing exactly that.
You, destroycommunism, are a bit too eager to start swinging that stick around in my opinion. Here’s the thing. We cannot destroy all military resistance in Iran. Period. Look at Israel and Hamas. It’s been a couple of years since Israel essentially crushed Hamas, but is still a case of trying to kill every rat in the sewer. Good luck.
The IRGC is (literally?) dying to get American forces on the ground where their traditional guerrilla tactics of ambush, IED’s and suicide bombing. The IRGC dreams of bogging the U.S. in another Vietnam or at least in another Iraq. The object is to kill enough Americans -not to win- but to keep the deaths in the headlines until war-weariness overwhelms political will.
Trump already has agreement (in principle) with the Iranian government but the government is not in control of the IRGC. They want to fight forever and at a minimum individually die glorious deaths. Trump is denying them that; ignoring their missiles and swatting their drones and suicide boats. Hence the IRGC is lashing out at the only targets they (hope) they can reach -most recently Kuwait- out of frustration.
Patience is America’s best weapon. Iran is running out of money but more importantly, water, and Summer is about to begin
” Iran is facing a serious and long-running water shortage. Multiple recent reports describe the country as being in one of its worst water crises in decades, driven by recurring drought, groundwater depletion, heavy agricultural water use, dam management issues, and population growth. Reservoirs serving major cities such as Tehran have reached critically low levels, and officials have repeatedly discussed rationing water.
What are the worst months?
The most difficult period is usually summer, especially:
* June
* July
* August
* September
teddy also:
2 Inheritance tax
3 Calling for an Income tax
so maybe he hit you with that stick when he wasnt talking softly and you bought into it hook line and sinker
like I said
trump made the call to netyo and that gave the gop who choose to ,, to follow an anti israel path via this vote,, as proving my point
for the dems this is a bds moment as any calming down by maga and make israel great again forces is a win , a respite for a broken iran/hama hezzie terror org
ok djt now take on the blue cities ( which is happening ) and show how even the blk lefty ( as shown the other day in ny ) are calling out dems as “replacement” theory abound
Black activists seeking reparations for slavery in New York are coming after Democrats over propositions to include other minorities in their plans, accusing them of planting migrants to shift voter results.
Aubrey Muhammad claimed to the New York State Commission on Reparations Remedies in Long Island last month that Democrats were importing ‘Latinos’ to fill ‘voting rolls’ as ‘replacements for us’ and gentrifying Black neighborhoods.
‘The Democrats, in a sick way, important 25 million immigrants. And 70 percent of them came into poor Black neighborhoods,’ Muhammed told Fox News.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15864763/black-activists-reparations-democrats-migrants.html
Useless time wasting legislation. Get the BUDGET passed, preferably a balanced one. Congress needs to represent their constituents.
A balanced budget would definitely be a great idea. We’re over $2 Trillion away from that goal and since every particular interest group believes ‘their’ program to be necessary and is unwilling to see their own slice of the pie reduced…. IMO, absent an outside calamity to force it Congress is gonna keep spending b/c their constituents demand it. Eventually enough people will wake up to the debt problem (now $39 Trillion and growing) and that the interest cost to finance the debt is beginning to crowd out worthwhile programs but by then I suspect it will be too late for anything but draconian cuts. We’re already spending more on interest costs than on the entire DoD budget. Interest costs are now more expensive than anything in the budget except SSA and healthcare and will soon pass combined Federal healthcare cost. (Interest expense exceed both Medicare and Medicaid expenditures individually in FY24)
215 traitors. Your move Donald
What is up with Rep Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania? You might recall he is engaged to the Fox News WH correspondent Jacqui Heinrich. Prior to his election to the House of Representatives, he was employed by the FBI and spent time in Kyiv, Ukraine, and Mosul, Iraq. He was embedded with U.S. Special Forces as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Almost sounds like a Deep State kind of guy, at least by the nature of his CV.
Section 224 looks to infuse american military with israeli technology ,,which btw,, israeli is tops in doing !!! ( take that dei hirees!!)
so no matter what UNLESS THE OMARS CONTINUE to gain strength ,,which they are,, america must maintain great friendship with Israel
3rd world country proponents such as Omar AOC and (most)non jews of the dem party (WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS ) and some jews
they will sever ties with israel and that would be disastrous for freedom FROM lefty control of america
Huh? How can there be a debate over whether resolutions that lack the force of law are legally binding?
The constitution is clear that any measure that requires the agreement of both houses (except a motion to adjourn) is subject to the president’s veto.
Motions to adjourn a house of congress for more than three days require the other house’s consent, but not the president’s. And motions that are merely a statement by one house rather than both are not acts of congress and therefore don’t need the president’s consent.
It should be obvious that a mere statement of the house’s opinion is not binding on anyone. Likewise a mere statement of the senate’s opinion. It can’t be binding unless it comes from both houses, at which point it needs the president’s consent.
” by any means necessary “–anything to undermine potus in his efforts to manage the conflict / end the conflict–this partisan bs sends a message not only to us but to the stalwart iranian thugs–based on the efforts of our congressional imbeciles, potus IS limited in what he can do / what he can propose and back with consequences–wonder how much this vote cost the iranian thugs ?–how many innocent iranian lives will be lost as actions like this will plausibly affirm the thugs ability to imprison / kill opposition parties with impunity ?
No president has ever viewed it as constitutional, but all presidents, including Trump so far, have chosen to comply with it voluntarily. If a joint resolution were to pass, and congress were to override his veto, I’m sure Trump would again choose to comply. But if this is just a concurrent resolution it doesn’t even rise to that level. It’s just a statement of the house’s opinion, and there can be no question that Trump can ignore it.
Much as I hate bugging out before the job is done, this is an off ramp for Trump. It ends the war and allows him to blame congress, and slap the “muh democracy” crowd by complying.
This reminds me of a couple of stories: First, the story of the tar baby from Uncle Remus, and secondly, the story of the soldier and the Tatar. We may want to let go and walk away, but it ain’t gonna happen because the opponent isn’t going to let us.
exactly
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the enemy wont let us
which is why trump should have left israel alone and/or how did the knowledge of that phone call make it public!!??
The Constitution grants Congress the power to make and declare War while granting the Executive not only the power of the Commander in Chief but the duty and responsibility to plan/direct military operations. There’s a long-standing tension between the two political branches which the War Powers Act, despite its flaws, does a decent job at balancing. The Executive needs to have the flexibility to act when required in the absence of Congressional approval but we shouldn’t want that action to be without any firm limits. Not for Obama, Biden, Clinton and not for Bush or Trump. The War Powers Act came about in response to Johnson using the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution as a blank check in Vietnam. In full historical context a limiting principle on the power of the President to use military force seems more than justified.
That said the vote was obviously an exercise in partisanship. Though in fairness the Trump Admin might have avoided this vote had they prosecuted the conflict more vigorously and more quickly. Plenty of folks besides d/prog are wondering just how much slack we’re gonna be asked to cut for the Iranian regime to negotiate. IMO they ain’t gonna do so in good faith and sooner or later we’re gonna be back to an open conflict… so quit talking to them and keep curb stomping them until they surrender, they are destroyed or the Iranian population rises up and throws them out of power.
“The War Powers Act came about in response to Johnson using the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution as a blank check in Vietnam.”
Who handed LBJ that blank check? Congress. The proper response would have been to cut funding, forcing the president to scale back or eliminate operations in Vietnam. The Constitution already limited the POTUS to withdrawing (spending) only those funds from the treasury as have been appropriated by Congress.
And the deal between the political parties brought us into LBJ’s “The Great Society;” from my perspective this was just exposing the camel’s nose under the tent that has lead to never ending taxation and spending by the deal makers.
I’ve come to view the behavior of the political parties the same as rival crime cartels we serfs get to select. To me their is the illusion of leadership – they are more like actors playing roles. They do not write the scripts.
1. Proper or improper the response chosen was in fact the War Powers Act. Written and passed by both chambers of Congress, vetoed by President Nixon then both HoR (284-135) and Senate (75-18) voted to override the veto and it became law.
2. Congress does all sorts of things in response to events. Sometimes good things but often very bad over reactions that impact liberty; see Patriot Act.
3. I wasn’t yet in grade school when the political leadership of the Nation, elected by the adult voters of the era, chose this course.. I was busy with weekly readers, MR Rogers and my BB gun.
4. Congress can still exercise the power of the purse. The War Powers Act is merely a formalized intermediate step before something as drastic as Congress choking off funding for Troops in the field.
It is an imperfect tool but only a tool of persuasion and political calculation in the balance of power among the branches of gov’t.
It only says “declare”, not “make”. War need not be declared.
K.
This action only complicates the war, forcing Trump to switch course. We the people are not aware, nor do we need to be, of every single move/decision Trump makes. He plays at being transparent by announcing what his next move is, but one would be better off not listening. Either one has faith in their commander-in-chief or one doesn’t. Congress appparently does not. This screws up whatever Trump had planned for the end game. And it makes a bigger mess of the politics behind the war and is not at all helpful.
“…mounting public weariness with the war…”
What are we, a bunch of mullets (and by that I mean pu**ies)? I simply don’t believe this is true concerning a large portion (if not a majority) of Americans. Or would today’s Americans have wilted in WW II, withdrawn from the European theater and made peace with the Japanese some time not long after Midway?
I am currently reading a history of naval battles during WW2. The Japanese thought that the US was weak and would fold and sue for peace after Midway if they won decisively. Some thought the US would fold after Peal Harbor. They were wrong about Pearl Harbor. Who knows what would have happened if Midway hadn’t been so decisive in favor of the US.
Many of us in the center/right populist space are not weary of bombs dropping…. quite the opposite. A growing % of us are dissatisfied at the seeming reluctance of the Trump Admin to drop MORE bombs, MORE frequently and to keep doing so until:
1. Iranian regime surrenders unconditionally (Which Trump stated was the new goal, superseding prior aims).
2. The Iranian populace rises up and throws the regime out of power like Romanians did with Ceausescu.
3. The entirety of Iran is made desolate, every building reduced to rubble then fire bombed until it is turned into slag.
IOW we prefer a far more aggressive Jacksonian use of force in which we reluctantly decide to act but once we decide to act then nothing short of utter defeat for the enemy is an acceptable outcome….and that outcome is to be reached as quickly as possible without delays or intermission for ‘negotiation’. The enemy can always surrender if they are upset about the level of death and destruction we impose upon them, no need to ‘negotiate’ their unconditional surrender.
Separate but also because of RINOs
I called Sen Haley’s off ice as he decided to align himself with Thune and do the pro forma dance to keep President Trump from making recess appointments on Memorial Day.
I talked to a real
Person in Missouri as the DC you had to leave a message
He tried to argue with me that it was just his duty that day
This is nonsense. Recess appointments are a thing of the past. Not only is it not up to Thune — the senate needs the House’s permission to recess for more than three days, and even under existing precedent a recess must be at least ten days if not longer — but even supposing that both houses agree to recess for ten days, or even twenty days to make sure, the moment Trump makes an appointment the Dems will be off the Supreme Court, which will almost certainly strike down the majority opinion in Canning and adopt the conservative minority’s position in that case, that recess appointments can only be made during intersession recesses, and even then only for vacancies that occurred during the recess. That will be the official end of recess appointments for all time. Going through the motions won’t change the outcome.
Massie was one of them. That certainly doesn’t surprise me.
Politics should stop at the water’s edge. Obviously it doesn’t. Party over country. That is the democrat’s unstated motto.
Every one of them is giving aid and comfort to our enemies.
So 4 RINO joined the Muslims, the Marxists already be working with the Muslims.
Barky gave Iran billions and what did happen?
Oct 7, a few terrorist attacks, missiles launched in Israel.
Why not give them more and see if anything different happens why don’t we?
This accomplishes absolutely nothing other than hand Iran a win, which I guess is what the Democrats and certain supposed Repiblicans want since they love the theocracy so much or at least the money they get from the antidemocratic forces of the middle east. It’s so funny how they moan about AIPAC and USA aid to Israel but never discuss the billions in aid we give to Pakistan the very country supposedly operating a “mediator,” w/ Iran or how much Qatar funds lobbying groups and influence to Congress along with receiving substantial militrat foriegn aid from the US. Of course Qatar is most certainly not a democracy w/ similar values to us and they directly fund and support an Iranian terrorst group, Hamas, who has murdered Americans. But sure big win on helping out Iran, Hakeem Jeffries! He’ll be gald to know that in Qatar Africans are treated barely above the level of slaves, and in Iran huge amounts of discrimination persist against Afro-Iranians. But yes, let’s help these bigots out because Trump bad.
As far as I know Qatar receives no military aid from the USA, and very little (about $150K) in economic assistance.
I have this picture of Congress demanding US troops be removed from Europe on the day after D-day, or passing a law that forbids the use of nuclear weapons on Japan the week before Hiroshima, and requiring a year pause in the war before any invasion.
potus has all the information at his fingertips, the public does not
why not let the israelis finish the in-person part of the operation ?–they have the troops, the resources, the weapons and is in their backyard–with a few exceptions, believe the idf would have the tacit approval of the neighbors as well
Utterly contemptible dhimmitude, emasculation, naivete, fecklessness and stupidity, in the face of a genocidal, goose-stepping, Jew-hating and Christian-hating Islamofascist/Muslim terrorist regime.
Every singe Dhimmi-crat and GOP dhimmi cuckservative who voted for this bill is a traitor and an enemy of the U.S.
Of course they did.
Joe Gruters, RNC Chair, sent me a love letter verifying that I am a republican voter, and then had the balls to scare monger that the Democrats are coming, the Democrats are coming! They need donations to the RNC for the 2026 elections.
I just sent the letter back to him (changed the. Address from the Topeka Kansas clearinghouse to RNC HQ in DC).
My response. I will gladly give money to my local candidates, but refuse to support reelection campaigns for other republicans who won’t support what I voted for.
Democrats will vote lockstep as long as it benefits their party first. Republicans will gladly allow democrats to hang them, as long as they don’t have to get their hands dirty, and the rope is clean.
Yep. I long ago stopped contributing to GoP PACs. Individual candidates sure, but not one dime to fund the DC establishment to use as they see fit, such as pouring in tens of $ millions to try and protect worthless incumbents like John Cornyn in a primary election.
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