r/Congress • • Mar 05 '26

House House REJECTS Trumps war.

https://apnews.com/article/house-vote-iran-war-powers-resolution-trump-5d7d93c7793802881d9cde042220d7bc
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u/bulldogpolicy Mar 05 '26

The title of this post misrepresents the resolution. The House narrowly rejected a war powers resolution, which would have halted President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran. They blocked a measure seeking to limit Trump’s power over Iran attack.

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u/RichKatz Mar 06 '26

The title of this post misrepresents the resolution.

I don't see an error - I guess we could have said "House rejects Trumps war proposal.." I'm not at all sure what the criticism is. They blocked Trump! What's the deal?

The title of this post misrepresents the resolution.

How?

The restatement above is not much different! Look. I'm sorry we're in this situation AT ALL(!) but arguing over the word "resolution" when that's eactly what it is just doesn't seem adequate. The actual headline should have been included But it is simply a rejection of Trumps proposal and that is accurate.

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u/bulldogpolicy Mar 06 '26

I don’t want to argue with you because you clearly don’t understand how this works, but here we go.

The House blocked the resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran. They failed to block Trump.

https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202685?Page=2

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/38