The resolution failed in the Republican-controlled House by one vote, a day after a similar measure was blocked in the Senate.
A Democratic-led effort to limit US President Donald Trump’s powers to continue waging war against Iran has been rejected in the House of Representatives, a day after a similar measure was blocked in the Senate.
On Thursday, the war powers resolution failed in the Republican-dominated House by one vote, 214 to 213, with voting largely split along party lines. Every Republican except Thomas Massie of Kentucky opposed the measure, with Warren Davidson of Ohio voting to be present. One Democrat, Representative Jared Golden of Maine, also voted against it.
Earlier this week, the Senate blocked a similar war powers resolution in a procedural vote of 52-47. It was the fourth attempt by the council to limit the president’s powers since the US-Israeli bombing campaign began in late February.
Thursday’s House vote dealt with a so-called concurrent resolution, which would also need approval from the Senate if it were to pass the lower house.
Following the latest failed vote, Democrats accused Republicans of giving Trump unchecked power.
“Service members have been killed, gas prices are going up, and America (is) in worse shape than ever,” Representative Bill Foster, a Democrat, said in a post on X. “Congress cannot abdicate its authority as the equal branch of government and let this corrupt President continue to wage war on one side.”
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