{"id":669287,"date":"2026-09-16T11:57:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=669287"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:57:59","slug":"seven-republicans-break-with-trump-as-house-votes-to-rein-in-his-iran-war-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=669287","title":{"rendered":"Seven Republicans break with Trump as House votes to rein in his Iran war powers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The latest in performative politics against President Donald Trump found seven Republicans siding with Democrats on the conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Tuesday on Capitol Hill, congressional members of the GOP, including some outgoing lawmakers, once again demonstrated how slim a \u201cmajority\u201d the president has been operating with since his second administration began. Including Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Nancy Mace of South Carolina, seven Republicans joined Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton\u2019s (D) resolution to withdraw U.S. Armed Forces from engaging with Iran.<\/p>\n

In a final vote of 220-204<\/a>, where eight Republicans were also marked as not voting, a third resolution destined to be dead on arrival advanced in Congress, calling to \u201cremove United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran, other than those elements of the Armed Forces that may be necessary to defend the United States or an ally or partner of the United States from imminent attack provided that the President complies fully with the requirements of section 5(b) the War Powers Resolution \u2026 with respect to any such use of the Armed Forces, unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or a specific congressional authorization for use of military force against Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with Mace and Massie, the remaining Republicans who sided with the Democrats included: Tom Barrett of Michigan, Warren Davidson of Ohio, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa and Zachary Nunn of Iowa.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Fox News Digital on the morning of the vote, Barrett expressed, \u201cI\u2019ve been consistent on that since the war powers provision expired after 60 days of engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n

While pushing the legislation, Moulton spoke to the commander-in-chief\u2019s initial assurance that the conflict would be resolved in a matter of weeks, saying, \u201cRemember when Donald Trump said that this war would last just a few weeks?\u201d<\/p>\n

Likewise, House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) issued a statement advancing talking points: \u201cWe are nearly 200 days into this illegal and unauthorized war, and what do the American people have to show for it? Soaring gas prices, rising mortgage rates and inflation, tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer dollars wasted, 19 U.S. service members killed and more than 750 wounded.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite all the costs, none of the administration\u2019s stated objectives with Iran have been achieved,\u201d he claimed. \u201cIran\u2019s nuclear and ballistic missile program remains intact, and it continues to demonstrate leverage over the Strait of Hormuz, which was open before Trump started this war.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Statement from Ranking Member @RepGregoryMeeks<\/a> following the passage of House Concurrent Resolution 93, @RepMoulton<\/a>\u2018s War Powers Resolution directing President Trump to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran: pic.twitter.com\/9DhV0te042<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 House Foreign Affairs Committee Dems (@HouseForeign) September 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Standing in support of the president, Florida Rep. Brian Mast (R) argued Trump is against \u201cforever wars, and that is what he is ending,\u201d as he reminded them of Iran: \u201cThey are a continuous ongoing threat to the United States. Enough is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similarly, Indiana Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R) told Fox News Digital, \u201cThe president has done a good job managing all this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to stand with the president right now and with the Iranian people,\u201d he went on. \u201cAnd the president\u2019s done what he promised the American people, that he wasn\u2019t going to let them have a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The latest in performative politics against President Donald Trump found seven Republicans siding with Democrats on the conflict in the Middle East. Tuesday on Capitol Hill, congressional members of the GOP, including some outgoing lawmakers, once again demonstrated how slim a \u201cmajority\u201d the president has been operating with since his second administration began. Including Reps.… Continue reading Seven Republicans break with Trump as House votes to rein in his Iran war powers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":669288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=669287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/669288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=669287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=669287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=669287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}