U.S. House Deadlocks 212-212 on Iran War Powers Resolution as 3 Republicans Defect
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Updated · ms.now · May 14
U.S. House Deadlocks 212-212 on Iran War Powers Resolution as 3 Republicans Defect
10 articles · Updated · ms.now · May 14
A House bid to force congressional approval for Trump’s Iran war failed in a 212-212 tie, leaving the conflict unchecked 75 days after it began.
Three Republicans — Tom Barrett, Brian Fitzpatrick and Thomas Massie — joined 209 Democrats, but one Democrat, Jared Golden, voted no, saying the measure’s 30-day language was already moot.
The vote came one day after the Senate rejected its seventh Iran war powers measure 49-50, underscoring only slight Republican unease and leaving opponents far short of a veto-proof two-thirds majority.
May 31 is the War Powers Resolution’s harder 90-day deadline, yet Trump allies argue the law is unconstitutional or paused by a ceasefire, while the White House has not sought authorization or requested war funding.
Senate Democrats say they will keep forcing votes, but with only a handful of Republicans publicly wavering, Congress still lacks a clear path to restrain the administration.
Why do official claims of military success against Iran conflict with its continued ability to launch attacks?
With the world facing its biggest energy crisis, what diplomatic off-ramps could reopen the Strait of Hormuz?
What legal framework can resolve the Hormuz dispute if both the US and Iran reject the UN's Law of the Sea?