Late on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, the House voted 220-204 to pass H.Con.Res. 93, a concurrent resolution sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) directing President Trump, under section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran. It was the third time the House has passed such a directive, and the widest margin yet.
Seven Republicans voted yes: Tom Barrett (MI), Warren Davidson (OH), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA) and Thomas Massie (KY), who had supported the earlier resolutions, joined by Nancy Mace (SC), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA) and Zach Nunn (IA). Miller-Meeks and Nunn had voted no on both earlier resolutions; Mace had not voted on either. Every Democrat who voted supported it. Independent Rep. Kevin Kiley voted no.
The first two passages drew four Republicans each. The House passed H.Con.Res. 86 on June 3 by 215-208 (see The House Votes to End Trump's Iran War in a Bipartisan Rebuke; He Calls the Four Republicans 'Grandstanders' and the Vote 'Meaningless'), and the Senate agreed to that resolution on June 23 by 50-48. The House passed H.Con.Res. 89 on July 23 by 214-208; the Senate has not acted on it. Earlier House attempts failed in April and May. Because these are concurrent resolutions, they do not go to the president for signature, and ABC News noted after the June passage that such a resolution “does not carry the force of law.” A White House official said then that it had “no significance,” arguing that “there are no hostilities from which to remove U.S. forces, as hostilities terminated with the ceasefire on April 7th.”
Nunn wrote, “I will not support another open-ended war. We can defend Americans, pressure Iran, and pursue peace while ensuring Congress fulfills its constitutional responsibility.” Moulton asked, “Remember when Donald Trump said that this war would last just a few weeks?” and in a statement afterward, “By the Trump Administration's own metrics, Iran is winning and America is losing.” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) said “this Congress has not authorized a war with Iran.”
Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) argued against the measure, saying Trump is against “forever wars, and that is what he is ending.” Speaker Mike Johnson said the conflict was entering a “new phase.” CNN reported that Republican leaders do not whip these votes and that Trump has lashed out at Republicans who voted against him on the issue; no White House response to the September 15 vote had been reported. AP called it likely the last House vote on the war before the midterms. CNN reported Senate Democrats planned to try again that week.
The vote came the same day Massie read articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war (see Republican Thomas Massie Forces a Vote on Impeaching Hegseth Over the Iran War, and Speaker Johnson Sends the House Home Before It Happens) and the day the Congressional Budget Office estimated the war had cost the Pentagon $38.1 billion through August 1 (see Congressional Budget Office Estimates the Iran War Cost the Pentagon $38.1 Billion Through August and Used Up to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors).
Update (September 25, 2026): the Senate tried again on September 24 and rejected it, 49-50. It was the 14th time the Senate has considered a war powers resolution since the war began on February 28, the AP reported, and likely its last chance to go on record before November. The measure was the one the House passed in July, 214-208. Four Republicans voted yes: Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul and Thom Tillis. Sen. John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote no. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, who had voted for the earlier resolutions, missed the vote for what her office called an urgent family matter; CNBC noted it would have failed with her vote as well. Republicans in competitive races, including Sens. Jon Husted and Dan Sullivan, voted no.
Tillis: “We've got to break the cycle.” Sen. Tim Kaine, who forced the vote: “They have been carrying water for this ridiculous and illegal war for months and months and months and not listening to their constituents.” Sen. Josh Hawley, who opposed it: “My own view is that the focus right now needs to be on attacking the cost of living issues.” As a concurrent resolution, it would not have gone to the president. The one resolution the Senate did adopt, in June, the White House has effectively ignored, arguing that the War Powers Act is unconstitutional, CNBC reported. The AP put the cost of the war so far at $43.5 billion.