Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی
The House barely turned back legislation to halt U.S. military operations against Iran on Thursday, with Republicans supporting President Donald Trump despite continued economic fallout since lawmakers last weighed in on the Middle East conflict.
It marks the second time the House has declined to intervene since the war began. But the 213-214 vote was even tighter than the last attempt in early March, as several Democrats who previously broke ranks to support the military campaign switched their votes to oppose it.
But the impact of the war — which has seen oil and gas prices spike as Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, followed by a U.S. military blockade of Iranian ports this week — hasn’t yet broken Trump’s stranglehold on the GOP. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky was the only GOP lawmaker to vote to hem in the administration.
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), who backed the last war powers measure in March, voted present this time.
The vote is largely symbolic, and the Senate defeated similar war powers legislation Wednesday for a fourth time since the start of the war.
And while Republicans are still backing Trump, a more significant deadline is looming. Lawmakers and the administration face a legal deadline later this month that requires Congress to authorize continued military operations, which could see the GOP splinter.
It marks the second time the House has declined to intervene since the war began. But the 213-214 vote was even tighter than the last attempt in early March, as several Democrats who previously broke ranks to support the military campaign switched their votes to oppose it.
But the impact of the war — which has seen oil and gas prices spike as Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, followed by a U.S. military blockade of Iranian ports this week — hasn’t yet broken Trump’s stranglehold on the GOP. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky was the only GOP lawmaker to vote to hem in the administration.
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), who backed the last war powers measure in March, voted present this time.
The vote is largely symbolic, and the Senate defeated similar war powers legislation Wednesday for a fourth time since the start of the war.
And while Republicans are still backing Trump, a more significant deadline is looming. Lawmakers and the administration face a legal deadline later this month that requires Congress to authorize continued military operations, which could see the GOP splinter.