{"id":32025,"date":"2026-06-03T21:48:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/house-votes-to-limit-trumps-iran-war-powers-in-remarkable-rebuke\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T21:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:48:06","slug":"house-votes-to-limit-trumps-iran-war-powers-in-remarkable-rebuke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/house-votes-to-limit-trumps-iran-war-powers-in-remarkable-rebuke\/","title":{"rendered":"House votes to limit Trump\u2019s Iran war powers in remarkable rebuke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<div data-editable=\"aiSummary\" class=\"article__ai-summary-wrapper\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/ai-article-summary\/instances\/cmpylepr400023b66f0juf1fc@published\" class=\"ai-article-summary hidden  \" data-article-gutter=\"true\" 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class=\"ai-article-summary__items\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<li class=\"ai-article-summary__item\">The House voted Wednesday to limit President Donald Trump&#8217;s war powers in Iran, with four Republicans joining Democrats in a significant rebuke.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-article-summary__item\">The measure still requires Senate approval but would not need the president&#8217;s signature.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-article-summary__item\">Speaker Mike Johnson warned the measure could weaken negotiations, though some Republicans are feeling pressure from constituents over rising costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n            <span class=\"ai-article-summary__disclaimer-text\">AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyi2ud2001w27q74dl07sbj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The House passed a resolution on Wednesday to limit President Donald Trump\u2019s war powers in Iran, a significant rebuke to Trump and his handling of the conflict.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyklo0400043b6rhkamigmp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Democrats have repeatedly forced votes to limit Trump\u2019s war powers in both the House and the Senate \u2013 a campaign that has gradually picked up more GOP support in recent weeks.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyku1o8000l3b6rwkq70z66@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The vote was 215 to 208 with Republican Reps. Thomas Massie, Brian Fitzpatrick, Tom Barrett and Warren Davidson crossing party lines to support the resolution.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyktkoy000j3b6r6aw0v791@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Passage of the war powers resolution is the latest instance of the GOP-controlled Congress pushing back on Trump\u2019s agenda. Senate Republicans in recent days have revolted over a controversial $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund that Trump favors, but which they fear would grant payouts to his supporters who attacked police officers during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Senate Republicans also formally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/03\/politics\/trump-ballroom-funding-senate-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">removed funding<\/a> for Trump\u2019s ballroom security on Wednesday as part of their immigration package after the chamber\u2019s official rule-keeper determined it violated budgetary rules.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyklo0400053b6rxyollbf1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The measure, known as a concurrent resolution, passed by the House Wednesday must be approved by both chambers, but would not go to the president to be signed.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyklo0400063b6rhou29uz5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The vote was 215 to 208 with Republican Reps. Thomas Massie, Brian Fitzpatrick, Tom Barrett and Warren Davidson crossing party lines to support the resolution.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyklo0400073b6rvml1ix2h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The resolution was introduced by New York Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyklo0400083b6rpmgn44po@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            This vote was originally set<strong> <\/strong>to take place on May 21, but was abruptly canceled by GOP leaders just as Republicans were on the verge of losing the vote due to absences. At the time Meeks told reporters that he thought House Speaker Mike Johnson had been stalling a vote on the measure.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyklo0400093b6rfo4l6mq8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cA lot of my Republican colleagues are feeling the pressure back home when they\u2019re looking at the cost of food, the cost of gas,\u201d he previously told CNN.\u201d(Johnson) is feeling heat. He\u2019s trying to cover for the president. \u2026 But I think the time of him being able to cover for the president is rapidly ending.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyklo04000a3b6rk3tan7jv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Ahead of the vote on Wednesday, Johnson defended some GOP lawmakers\u2019 opposition to reining in Trump\u2019s war powers in Iran, warning it could have a \u201cvery negative\u201d impact on negotiations.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyklo04000b3b6rhs0r584a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI think it is a very dangerous prospect to take away from the administration and the commander-in-chief right now the ability to negotiate. That\u2019s what this does. It, it weakens us, our position, and our leverage in negotiation on the peace in that situation. \u2018Operation Epic Fury\u2019 is concluded,\u201d he told CNN on Wednesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyklo04000c3b6r5bm6zlbi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Johnson claimed all of the US objectives in Iran were \u201cwell defined\u201d and \u201cachieved,\u201d despite some lawmakers, including Republicans, expressing interest in receiving further information from the administration.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyklo04000d3b6rq6as003z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe president is now in the process of, of concluding a peace agreement, and we have to allow him the latitude to do that, and I think a war powers resolution right now is very untimely, and a very, very negative, and dangerous thing for the country,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyl5grh000p3b6rdgvzc7nm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Pentagon, State Department and USAID inspectors general have launched a joint review of the US war with Iran, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dodig.mil\/In-the-Spotlight\/Article\/4507446\/inspectors-general-initiate-coordinated-oversight-for-operation-epic-fury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcing in a press release<\/a> Wednesday that they are mandated by law to probe overseas military operations that exceed 60 days.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyl6p00000r3b6r5lmdg07y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The announcement is significant because it indicates that the watchdogs believe that, legally, the war has lasted more than 60 days from its commencement on February 28. Under the War Powers Act, the president is prohibited from keeping US troops in active hostilities for more than 60 days without congressional approval.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyl7gwx000t3b6r4dp1u3mb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The administration never sought such approval for Operation Epic Fury, the name the US gave to its military campaign against Iran. 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