Overview
- The House, which tied 212-212 Thursday, fell one vote short of ordering a halt to hostilities in Iran as Republicans Thomas Massie, Brian Fitzpatrick and Tom Barrett joined Democrats but a tie meant the resolution failed.
- Rep. Jared Golden cast the lone Democratic no after backing the idea in March, saying he will support a “clean” measure next as Democrats line up more floor tests and Barrett advances an authorization that would run through July 30.
- The Senate rejected a similar effort by a single vote Wednesday after Republicans Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Rand Paul sided with Democrats, signaling slowly rising GOP discomfort with Trump’s handling of the campaign.
- The 60-day limit in the 1973 War Powers Resolution elapsed May 1, and the administration argues an April 7 ceasefire ended “hostilities” and paused the clock, a reading many lawmakers dispute as tensions persist near the Strait of Hormuz.
- Pentagon officials told Congress the war has cost about $29 billion, roughly 50,000 U.S. personnel are deployed and the mission has shifted to enforcing a naval blockade, with 13 U.S. troops killed and hundreds wounded since late February.