{"id":4276,"date":"2026-06-08T14:33:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storylifedaily.com\/?p=4276"},"modified":"2026-06-08T14:55:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:55:17","slug":"trump-suffers-rare-house-defeat-as-bipartisan-vote-moves-to-withdraw-troops-from-iran-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storylifedaily.com\/?p=4276","title":{"rendered":"Trump suffers rare House defeat as bipartisan vote moves to withdraw troops from Iran conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald trump\u00a0suffered a rare defeat in the House of Representatives on Wednesday after Democrats, joined by a handful of Republicans, voted to sharply curb his war powers in Iran.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers voted 215-208\u00a0<\/strong>to withdraw troops from using military force against Iran absent congressional authorization.<\/p>\n

All Democrats present voted for the measure to effectively halt the U.S. military campaign against Iran. Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Warren Davison, R-Ohio, Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Tom Barrett, R-Mich., were the lone Republicans to buck the president and support the war powers resolution.<\/p>\n

Massie, an ardent foe of the president who lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger, and Davidson, a libertarian-aligned lawmaker have criticized the war in Iran. Fitzpatrick and Barrett are both facing potentially difficult re-election bids in swing districts.<\/p>\n

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Thousands gathered at Revolution Square in Tehran on May 30, 2026, to protest attacks by the U.S. and Israel on Iran, carrying Iranian flags and posters of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. (Fatemeh Bahrami\/Anadolu)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A majority of Republicans, however, sided with the president as Democrats sought to put them on the record.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s just a total BS vote. I think there\u2019s no Democrat, no Republican that can tell you what forces they would want pulled from Iran,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., told Fox News. “They just want a stupid political vote, which is what this is.”<\/p>\n

The successful war powers vote is largely a symbolic loss for Trump given that the measure is designated as “concurrent” and does not carry the force of law.<\/p>\n

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., declared victory on Wednesday following the vote.<\/p>\n

“Following repeated attempts to get sycophants in the Republican-controlled House to join us, House Democrats successfully passed our War Powers Resolution today to stand up for the American people and hold Donald Trump accountable,” the lead Democrat said in a written statement. “It is now time for Senate Republicans to do the right thing.”<\/p>\n

The Senate advanced a similar resolution curbing the president\u2019s war powers in May that is subject to presidential approval, but Democrats in both chambers have not yet gotten behind a bicameral measure that could be sent to Trump\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump suffered a significant rebuke in the House of Representatives on Wednesday after the chamber passed a war powers resolution seeking to halt the U.S. military campaign in Iran. (Aaron Schwartz\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The GOP defections come as a growing number of Republicans have started to sour on the president\u2019s handling of the war. For weeks, Trump has floated a potential deal with Iran to end hostilities, but both sides have continued to trade strikes amid stalled negotiations.<\/p>\n

Roughly six in ten voters oppose military action against Iran, according to a\u00a0 published in May. However, 72% of respondents said the U.S. is winning the war.<\/p>\n

Some Republicans argued the war powers resolution would undermine efforts to end the conflict, which they said has largely subsided since the first ceasefire was announced in early April.<\/p>\n

“It doesn\u2019t seem like it\u2019s much of a war at this point,” Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., told Fox News. “I know there’s some skirmishes back and forth, but we\u2019ve got to give President Trump the latitude to negotiate.”<\/p>\n

“So people who are trying to get in his way, I think, are being a little foolish right now,” he added. “The war for all intents and purposes ended back in April.”<\/p>\n

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House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., sharply criticized the Democratic-sponsored war powers resolution offered by Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., as a “BS vote.” (Kent Nishimura\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Republican leadership initially delayed the vote on the Democratic-led resolution in late May following attendance issues among GOP lawmakers.<\/p>\n

“We had a vote because of this president’s war of choice that was going to pass. We had the votes. Without question, and they knew it,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., who led the resolution, told reporters following the scrapped vote.<\/p>\n

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been updated to reflect that the House war powers resolution is not subject to a presidential veto.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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