House Votes Down Tether on Trump’s Iran War: Congress Says ‘Hold My Beer’

KEY POINTS

•On March 4, the House voted 212-219 against curbing Trump’s military actions in Iran, after the Senate did the same.
•Republicans mostly backed the military plans with exceptions from Massie and Davison who joined Democrats supporting the bill.
•House Speaker Mike Johnson argued that limiting war powers would empower enemies, while Pentagon preps for a funding request.

On a Thursday painted in congressional chaos worthy of a reality TV reunion, the House narrowly nixed a bill to clip President Trump’s wings on Iran military strikes by 212-219. This after the Senate, just a day earlier, threw shade on a similar idea, mostly along partisan sing-alongs. GOP loyalists mostly backed Trump’s no-ground-troops tacit war play, except rebels like Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), who crossed party lines faster than a TikTok trend, joining Democrats craving limits. Meanwhile, four Democrats voted ‘hard no,’ making their colleagues feel like they’re stranded on a political desert island. Speaker Mike Johnson dangled the ominous threat that war restrictions 'empower our enemies,' probably not the Halloween scare Congress expected. The Pentagon meanwhile, prepping a ‘more please’ cash request, probably hoping to buy popcorn for this prolonged drama.