For a 2nd time, House approves resolution to end the war in Iran in a rebuke to Trump
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- NPR
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- 2026-07-23
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- news report
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- https://www.npr.org/2026/07/23/nx-s1-5904515/congress-iran-war-powers-vote
- Last checked
- 2026-10-26
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Government and Oversight
A war Congress never authorized: three House votes, one Senate vote reversed overnight after Trump called a senator a 'lunatic'
Congress holds the war power. The Iran war began with no vote, a notice that ignored the War Powers Resolution and no briefing for six weeks; the House voted three times to end it and the Senate once, until Republicans flipped.