4 House Republicans rebel against Trump, vote with Dems to block Iran war powers

House Democrats successfully rebuked President Donald Trump’s war in Iran on Thursday morning, with the help of several Republican lawmakers.

Reps. Jason Crow, D-Colo., and Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., forced a vote to halt Trump’s military campaign absent congressional approval in a vote of 214-208, with lawmakers largely voting along party lines.

Republicans who supported the Democrat-authored measure included Reps. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Tom Barrett, R-Mich., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky.

Massie and Davidson are sharp critics of foreign intervention, while Fitzpatrick and Barrett — two moderate Republicans — are facing competitive re-election bids.

The administration’s memorandum of understanding with Tehran has exposed a divide among Republicans over what constitutes victory after the military campaign against Iran. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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A similar resolution passed the House in June with help from the same four defecting Republicans.

Thursday’s vote is largely symbolic, and the resolution will not go to Trump’s desk for signature if the Senate chamber were also to pass it.

But Democrats’ war powers effort underscores that the war in Iran is continuing to divide Republicans, several of whom have complained the White House has not given enough visibility to Congress about the military’s actions.

Trump and his allies, however, have insisted that the main priority is to neutralize Iran’s ability to obtain a nuclear weapon. 

Democrats forced a vote on a war powers resolution aimed at disapproving the Middle East conflict using a mechanism called a privileged resolution, which allows rank-and-file lawmakers to move legislation over the opposition of House GOP leadership. 

Crow, an Army veteran, said in a statement in his resolution, “18 American servicemembers have been killed since this war began. Hundreds more have been injured. Billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent. The President’s war with Iran has been an unmitigated disaster. The costs are rising every day, yet the President is choosing to double down on his failures.”

The vote is one of several instances this year of House Republicans rebuking Trump and his policies, a symbol of the razor-thin majorities the GOP holds in Congress.

Some holding pictures of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Mourners reach out to coffins during a funeral for people killed during the ongoing U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Isfahan, Iran, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Payman Shahsanaei/ISNA via AP)

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Trump ripped the four GOP defectors following the successful war powers vote in June, calling them “unpatriotic.”

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