House votes to limit Trump’s Iran war powers for the third time

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The House on Tuesday voted to approve a measure that would require President Donald Trump to end his war with Iran, offering a potent political rebuke of the administration’s handling of the war just weeks before the midterms.

This is now the third time that the House — led by Democrats, but with help from at least a few Republicans — has ordered Trump to withdraw troops from Iran. But Democrats argue this vote is their most important push yet, coming as one of the chamber’s last votes before the November elections.

Seven Republicans backed the measure, up from four GOP votes for the last two resolutions.

Officially, House GOP leaders do not whip their members one way or another on these types of resolutions. But Trump himself has lashed out at Republicans who have voted against him on the issue —making clear that he sees it as something of a litmus test for his support.

One of Congress’ last attempts to rein in Trump’s military authorities in Iran ended on a dramatic note: Enough Senate Republicans initially voted to pass the measure, but then pressure from the White House ultimately forced a GOP senator to change his vote. It’s not yet clear if the Senate would have the votes to pass the measure again, but Democrats plan to try later this week.

Outside the Capitol, voters have been increasingly skeptical of the hostilities in Iran, with 67% of people saying that Trump’s decisions about military action in Iran have hurt the US, according to a summertime CNN poll. Fuel prices are again climbing, with diesel now topping $6 a gallon.

Democrats have spent much of 2026 forcing their GOP counterparts to go on record about the administration hostilities’ with Iran, which have effectively become the nation’s first one-party war.

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周二，众议院投票通过了一项法案，要求唐纳德·特朗普总统结束与伊朗的战争，这在距离中期选举仅几周之际，对本届政府处理这场战争的方式进行了强有力的政治谴责。

这已经是众议院——由民主党主导，但至少有几位共和党人支持——第三次要求特朗普从伊朗撤军。但民主党人认为，这次投票是他们迄今为止最重要的一次努力，因为这是众议院在11月大选前最后几次投票之一。

七名共和党人支持这项决议，比前两次决议中共和党人的四票有所增加。

官方层面上，众议院共和党领导人不会就此类决议对议员进行任何形式的游说。但特朗普本人曾猛烈抨击那些在该问题上投票反对他的共和党人——这清楚地表明，他将此视为检验其支持率的试金石。

国会最后一次试图限制特朗普在伊朗的军事行动，最终以戏剧性的方式告终：最初，足够多的共和党参议员投票支持通过该法案，但白宫的压力最终迫使一位共和党参议员改变了投票立场。目前尚不清楚参议院是否能够再次通过该法案，但民主党计划在本周晚些时候再次尝试。

在国会大厦之外，选民们对伊朗的敌对行动越来越持怀疑态度。根据CNN夏季的一项民调显示，67%的受访者认为特朗普关于对伊朗采取军事行动的决定损害了美国的利益。燃油价格再次攀升，柴油价格现已超过每加仑6美元。

2026 年的大部分时间里，民主党人都在迫使共和党人公开表态，承认政府与伊朗的敌对行为，而这实际上已成为美国历史上第一场由一党主导的战争。