President Donald Trump condemned a House vote Wednesday that he said interfered with his ongoing peace negotiations with Iran, calling it “unpatriotic” and attacking the four Republicans who crossed party lines to support it, labeling them “grandstanders” who “should be ashamed of themselves.”
The House voted 215-208 to approve H. Con. Res. 86, a war powers resolution directing an end to U.S. military action against Iran — the first such vote since the conflict began three months ago.
The four Republicans who broke ranks were Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Tom Barrett of Michigan and Warren Davidson of Ohio. They were joined by 211 Democrats and one Independent. The 208 opposing votes came almost entirely from Republicans.
The resolution does not take effect immediately. It moves next to the Senate, where its fate is unclear — and Trump is expected to resist any congressional attempt to curtail his authority as commander in chief.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday that congressional approval of the resolution could lead Iranian officials to believe the administration’s “hands are going to be tied.”
Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called the result “a significant bipartisan rebuke” of Trump’s Iran policy in a June 3 statement. He said the war has pushed a diplomatic resolution “further away” and that Americans are paying 50% more at the gas pump since the conflict began.
House Speaker Mike Johnson had tried to block the vote, abruptly halting floor action two weeks ago when the resolution neared passage, the Associated Press reported.
This story is developing.
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