>House Republicans on Thursday abruptly canceled a vote on a resolution directing President Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran or win approval from Congress to continue the war, after it became clear they lacked the votes to defeat the measure.
Basically, voting on the measure would have forced Republicans to take a hardline stance against either the war, or against Trump. So they scrapped the entire drafting process so they wouldn’t have to have a spine.
NottaNiceUsername on
“Oh shit, we almost did our job!”
ianrl337 on
Again, Speaker Mike “pedophile protector” Johnson refusing to do his job.
zubbs99 on
I don’t get why the Dems wouldn’t just let Trump continue to flail on this, at least till after the midterms. it’s a terribly unpopular war – but if Congress shuts it down won’t Trump just shift the blame to them?
Knees0ck on
Best prepare ’cause this war is in for the long-term. No doubt they will delay as much as possible to cancel elections.
Jealous_Slice9371 on
They didn’t have the votes because not everyone was there, let’s be honest about the reporting. If this was the democrats voting for healthcare or something we support we wouldn’t frame it as them shutting it down and running if all the supporting members were not actually there to vote for it.
ShaneOMap on
Johnson should be sentenced to Guantanamo
oliversurpless on
“As the House chamber descended into chaos, leaders wary of risking another public defeat on a far more politically consequential vote”?
Just imagine what would happen if the House was still proportional to the population…
Strange-Support-4979 on
Pussies!
ANTILAMER13 on
GOP has not worked for America since 1964
juice_BX on
In lieu of voting we’re going on another vacation! Good luck Americans! Imagine what those $29B could have done for education, or health care, or housing affordability, or stability for the electric grid, or we could have 20ish ballrooms!
31nigrhcdrh on
The first order of business is no business
Biomirth on
The cowardice, greed, ineptitude, graft, grift, and treasonous betrayals of oaths of office must come to an end. They seem to be making it impossible to not have a revolution but it’s hard to imagine the current culture being capable of creating the institutions that have been wrecked.
apollo7157 on
Someone explain how they can just change the game when it looks like they are going to lose?
t53ix35 on
I’m doing my job right now, so can they.
Myxolydian_ on
Cowards.
etherend on
I’m very conflicted when stuff like this happens. I think back to the vote to approve Obama’s pick for supreme court justice. It didn’t go through because congress did something really similar, they just didn’t hold a vote and stalled until the next admin was in place.
This is a similar move and idk, seems like immense BS to me. I know you can’t force someone to do their job, but there should be reprecussions for not doing it. If I didn’t properly do my job, then I would get my a$s fired. But, there’s no recourse like that for house or senator outside of elections and even that is often hella broken.
The system needs a serious update
dallasdude on
Based on the business media Congress doesn’t have to end the Iran war, because we already effectively have lost it. Iran controls the strait; we cannot guarantee safe commerce. The world has begun moving on, and the policies & procedures of a new order are emerging. The transit insurance vehicle proposed hasn’t happened because the security conditions do not allow it.
I expect they will continue the “we are winning the not-war and a deal comes in weeks” up through the midterms and plus it gives something for our 24/7 cable news to jabber about.
akopley on
“Just give me one normal day.”
limezest128 on
There’s a double negative in there that confuses me. Did republicans postpone the vote because they didn’t have enough votes to prolong the war?
blingybangbang on
Why do these people get a taxpayer funded income again? Somebody please tell me what they actually do all day
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Friendly reminder we would not be at war with Iran if the New York Times hadn’t sanewashed these fascist fucks into office.
Fuck you, Wordle!
[Gift link](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/us/iran-war-powers-trump-measure.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kFA.PqgB.aGbZQfQNA2qR&smid=nytcore-android-share)
>House Republicans on Thursday abruptly canceled a vote on a resolution directing President Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran or win approval from Congress to continue the war, after it became clear they lacked the votes to defeat the measure.
Basically, voting on the measure would have forced Republicans to take a hardline stance against either the war, or against Trump. So they scrapped the entire drafting process so they wouldn’t have to have a spine.
“Oh shit, we almost did our job!”
Again, Speaker Mike “pedophile protector” Johnson refusing to do his job.
I don’t get why the Dems wouldn’t just let Trump continue to flail on this, at least till after the midterms. it’s a terribly unpopular war – but if Congress shuts it down won’t Trump just shift the blame to them?
Best prepare ’cause this war is in for the long-term. No doubt they will delay as much as possible to cancel elections.
They didn’t have the votes because not everyone was there, let’s be honest about the reporting. If this was the democrats voting for healthcare or something we support we wouldn’t frame it as them shutting it down and running if all the supporting members were not actually there to vote for it.
Johnson should be sentenced to Guantanamo
“As the House chamber descended into chaos, leaders wary of risking another public defeat on a far more politically consequential vote”?
Just imagine what would happen if the House was still proportional to the population…
Pussies!
GOP has not worked for America since 1964
In lieu of voting we’re going on another vacation! Good luck Americans! Imagine what those $29B could have done for education, or health care, or housing affordability, or stability for the electric grid, or we could have 20ish ballrooms!
The first order of business is no business
The cowardice, greed, ineptitude, graft, grift, and treasonous betrayals of oaths of office must come to an end. They seem to be making it impossible to not have a revolution but it’s hard to imagine the current culture being capable of creating the institutions that have been wrecked.
Someone explain how they can just change the game when it looks like they are going to lose?
I’m doing my job right now, so can they.
Cowards.
I’m very conflicted when stuff like this happens. I think back to the vote to approve Obama’s pick for supreme court justice. It didn’t go through because congress did something really similar, they just didn’t hold a vote and stalled until the next admin was in place.
This is a similar move and idk, seems like immense BS to me. I know you can’t force someone to do their job, but there should be reprecussions for not doing it. If I didn’t properly do my job, then I would get my a$s fired. But, there’s no recourse like that for house or senator outside of elections and even that is often hella broken.
The system needs a serious update
Based on the business media Congress doesn’t have to end the Iran war, because we already effectively have lost it. Iran controls the strait; we cannot guarantee safe commerce. The world has begun moving on, and the policies & procedures of a new order are emerging. The transit insurance vehicle proposed hasn’t happened because the security conditions do not allow it.
I expect they will continue the “we are winning the not-war and a deal comes in weeks” up through the midterms and plus it gives something for our 24/7 cable news to jabber about.
“Just give me one normal day.”
There’s a double negative in there that confuses me. Did republicans postpone the vote because they didn’t have enough votes to prolong the war?
Why do these people get a taxpayer funded income again? Somebody please tell me what they actually do all day
Republicans are enemies of the american people.