House effort to end Trump's war with Iran fails by one vote

Iran warHouse effort to end Trump's war with Iran fails by one voteThe nearly party-line vote of 213-214 shows that Republicans are sticking with the president's military campaign in Iran. Every Democrat except one voted to order an end to the war.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00A boy peers into a damaged residential building on April 14 in Tehran.Majid Saeedi / Getty ImagesShareAdd NBC News to GoogleApril 16, 2026, 12:21 PM EDTBy Sahil Kapur and Kyle StewartWASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House voted Thursday to reject a resolution ordering President Donald Trump to end the war in Iran.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.The vote was 213-214, almost entirely along party lines, as Republicans overwhelmingly stick with Trump, refusing to slap guardrails on his military campaign.Just one Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, voted for it, while one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, voted against it. Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, who previously voted to end the Iran war, voted “present.” Three Republicans did not vote.The measure, proposed by Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., “directs the President to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” with exceptions for extreme cases under the War Powers Resolution, “unless explicitly authorized” by Congress.FORSUBSCRIBERS00:0000:00China's stake in Iran war increases as blockade takes effect02:09“Donald Trump has dragged the American people into a war of choice, launched without congressional authorization. The president has no coherent strategy, and this open-ended, undefined military engagement is precisely what the War Powers Resolution was designed to restrain,” Meeks said on the floor before the vote. “Every day we delay, we inch closer to a conflict with no exit ramp.”In recent days, Trump has been embroiled in a public spat with Pope Leo XIV over the pope’s critici...