US House Backs Resolution To End Iran War, Rebuking Trump; 3 Republicans Give Support

4th June 2026 at 9:23 AM

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New York : The Republican-led US House of Representatives approved a resolution on Wednesday to block President Donald Trump from continuing the war against Iran. The House voted 215 to 208, as four Republicans voted with Democrats in favor of the war powers resolution. The vote is largely symbolic. Any resolution would also have to pass the Senate to become effective, and garner the two-thirds majorities in both chambers to overcome an almost certain Trump veto.

The war has entered a fourth month with no end in sight and after three previous war powers resolutions had failed in the House by increasingly slim margins. The Senate advanced a separate, but similar resolution last month in a procedural vote, after seven previous attempts had failed. The four House Republicans who voted for the war powers resolution were Representatives Tom Barrett of Michigan, Warren Davidson of Ohio, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Thomas Massie of Kentucky.

Trump recently has faced some opposition in Congress, after months in which very few Republicans pushed back against any of his policy initiatives. In a separate vote on Wednesday, the House voted to advance a bid for a floor vote on providing security aid to Ukraine and imposing new sanctions on Russia. The measure came up for a vote after a petition reached a 218-signature threshold last month to move ahead.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers on Tuesday that the administration was abandoning a fund to pay his political allies who said they had been the subject of government abuse, after some Republicans came out against it. Fitzpatrick was joined in supporting the resolution by three other Republicans: Tom Barrett of Michigan, Ohio’s Warren Davidson and Thomas Massie of Kentucky.

Following the Iran vote, top Republicans were also rebuked on a measure to provide aid to Ukraine. Six Republicans joined Democrats to move the measure forward, setting it up for a vote for final passage. The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said he’s hoping to shore up even more GOP votes to help Ukraine. Three years down the road they are still fighting for their own freedom,” said Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y. “We can’t let them down.