House adopts Iran war powers resolution for 2nd time since start of conflict
The House of Representatives adopted a resolution to curb President Donald Trump’s Iran war powers by a vote of 214 to 208 – delivering a major rebuke to the administration for the second time since the start of the conflict.
Four Republicans -- Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Warren Davidson (Ohio) and Tom Barrett (Mich.) -- voted in favor with all Democrats present to adopt the resolution. The vote was called at 10:25 a.m.
While this is a major rebuke to the president’s handling of the war with Iran, the resolution is symbolic in nature and expresses the sentiment of the full House.
The concurrent resolution, which calls on the president to terminate the use of U.S. armed forces in hostilities against Iran, now heads to the Senate for consideration. Even if the Senate follows suit, a concurrent resolution does not carry the weight of law and is not subject to veto or presented to the president.
This is the fifth time the House has taken up a Democrat-led Iran war powers resolution in recent months. The last time the House adopted a similar resolution with bipartisan support was on June 3.
The Senate later Thursday morning is taking a procedural vote on a different Iran war powers resolution.
-ABC News' Lauren Peller





