Latest bid to rein in Trump's Iran war powers fails in US House

The U.S. House of Representatives backed President Donald Trump's military campaign against Iran on Thursday, narrowly blocking a Democratic-led resolution aiming to stop the war until hostilities are authorized by Congress.



The war powers resolution was rejected by 214 to 213 in the Republican-majority chamber, a day after a similar measure was blocked in the Senate.



The narrow vote was almost exclusively along party lines, with every Republican except Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky opposing the resolution, and one, Warren Davidson of Ohio, voting present. One Democrat, Representative Jared Golden of Maine, voted against it.



The vote underscored the continuing support among Trump's fellow Republicans for the president's war policy, more than six weeks after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28.