CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

House Roll Call 85

119th Congress · Session 2 · March 5, 2026

The vote on whether to adopt the resolution

A resolution is one chamber speaking for itself — setting its own rules, taking a position, honouring someone — and it never goes to the President. Agreeing to it is the whole decision.

What was being voted on

119-HCONRES-38 — Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

This concurrent resolution directs the President to end the use of United States Armed Forces in hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran. It cites the War Powers Resolution, noting that Congress has not declared war or provided specific statutory authorization for these hostilities. The resolution instructs the President to terminate such use unless there is a specific authorization or declaration of war. However, the document maintains that the United States can still defend itself from an imminent attack.

The House recorded this as
On Agreeing to the Resolution
Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Result: Failed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 212Nay: 219Not Voting: 1432 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D210400
Republican R221501
Official record
How each member voted (432)
212 yea, 219 nay, 1 not voting