For the third time, the US House of Representatives passed a war powers resolution, halting Trump’s ability to continue military action. For the third time, the US House of Representatives voted to end the war in Iran, passing a war powers resolution that would halt President Donald Trump’s ability to continue military action without congressional approval. conflict. Seven House Republicans backed the resolution, including three who voted yes for the first time. Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn, a Republican, explained his vote by saying that “with the negotiating window closed, sustained combat operations now require congressional authorization.” of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, questioned what military resources Democrats would want to withdraw from the region where, according to him, Iran remains a threat. Mast said Trump is against “forever wars, and that is what he is ending”: decades of hostilities by Iran. “They are an ongoing and continuing threat to the United States,” Mast said. “That’s enough.” The run-up to the midterms The action is likely to be the House’s last vote on the Iran war before the midterm elections, where the conflict abroad is playing a substantial role in political campaigns. The war that Trump launched on February 28 has dragged on, with intermittent exchanges of deadly missile attacks wreaking havoc on the region for nearly seven months. Lawmakers will return home at the end of the week to campaign almost full time, with less than 50 days left before elections that will determine control of Congress as Democrats try to wrest power from Republicans. ammunition reserves, according to a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The report, released Tuesday, found that the cost of the six-month war has reached $38 billion and is expected to rise by $3 billion per month. The war is projected to increase inflation by 0.5 percentage points in the first three months of 2027. Trump himself had promised not to involve the United States in foreign wars when he won a second term in the White House, and his actions against Iran are weighing on the Republican Party that controls the House and Senate. Most Americans say war in Iran is not worth fighting, according to an AP-NORC poll in July. Previous war resolutions Congress has repeatedly attempted to alter the trajectory of the war against Iran, but efforts to limit the Trump administration’s military action remain a long shot as long as the president can fight back or veto the measures. The House first passed a war powers resolution in June, and followed up with another in July, both seeking to stop U.S. action in Iran. The Senate, on its 10th attempt, also passed a war powers resolution to end the conflict, but Republican senators quickly changed course the next day after Trump berated them during a closed-door lunch. While the Constitution gives Congress the authority to declare war, it also gives the president authority, as commander in chief, to engage in some military actions. The War Powers Act, created after the Vietnam conflict, sought to impose a more specific time limit on the president’s power, requiring congressional approval for sustained military actions after 60 or 90 days.
