When my Republican colleagues are ready to bring down these exorbitant, Trump-induced fuel costs for our people, I’d welcome them into our bipartisan coalition working to pass a War Powers Resolution to end this lawless and extraordinarily costly conflict in Iran.
Welcome Republicans into a bipartisan coalition to pass a War Powers Resolution to end the conflict in Iran.
Occurrences
Evidence
The House floor debate on H. Con. Res. 38 included the resolution text directing the President to terminate unauthorized hostilities against Iran and statements that Congress had not declared war or authorized use of force. The House then proceeded toward a recorded vote on the resolution.
A member stated on the House floor: 'I voted today for the War Powers Resolution, the Khanna resolution.' The page confirms House consideration of the Iran War Powers Resolution on March 5, 2026.
Raskin said Speaker Johnson should 'bring the House back into session immediately so that we can vote on Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna’s bipartisan War Powers Resolution' and called for constitutional patriots on both sides to come together.
House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar said he voted for 'the bipartisan War Powers Resolution to restrict the Trump Administration from taking further military action in Iran without Congressional approval.'
GovInfo shows H. Con. Res. 75 was introduced in the House on March 4, 2026, titled 'Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran.'
Raskin referred to 'an unconstitutional war and several failed War Powers Act Resolutions,' indicating the effort had not succeeded by mid-May 2026.
H. Con. Res. 38 was introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie with Rep. Ro Khanna and other cosponsors. The text directed the President to terminate use of U.S. Armed Forces in hostilities against Iran unless Congress authorized war or force.
The House took up H. Con. Res. 38 on March 4, 2026. The resolution text said Congress had not declared war or specifically authorized hostilities against Iran and directed termination of U.S. Armed Forces hostilities against Iran unless authorized by Congress.
During debate, Mr. Meeks yielded time to Rep. Jamie Raskin, who argued that allowing a President to start war and then avoid congressional debate would destroy Congress's constitutional war power. The vote was then postponed after the noes appeared to have it.
AP reported that the House rejected the Iran war powers resolution on March 5, 2026 by 212-219. Two Republicans supported it with most Democrats, while four Democrats opposed it.
Senate vote 46 on March 4, 2026 rejected, 47-53, a motion to discharge S.J. Res. 104, a joint resolution to direct removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Iran that had not been authorized by Congress.
Raskin described living through an unconstitutional war and several failed War Powers Act Resolutions in his May 16, 2026 remarks.
On June 23, 2026, the Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 86, a concurrent resolution directing the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran. The vote was 50-48, with Republican Senators Cassidy, Collins, Murkowski, and Paul voting yea.
The Senate roll-call list shows that on June 24, 2026, the Senate rejected 47-50 a motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 185, another joint resolution directing removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Iran.
Assessments
Raskin clearly made a serious federal legislative push for a bipartisan Iran War Powers Resolution: he publicly urged Republicans and Democrats to come together, spoke on the House floor, and supported the Massie-Khanna vehicle. The promised outcome was not fully delivered because the cited House effort failed 212-219 on March 5, 2026, Raskin later referred to several failed War Powers Act resolutions on May 16, 2026, and the evidence of later Senate passage shows only one chamber passing a resolution with some Republican support, not enactment or an end to the Iran conflict. The bipartisan coalition and passage components were partially achieved, but the promised end-of-conflict result was not established.
Raskin clearly pushed a bipartisan War Powers Resolution on Iran, urged Republicans to join the coalition, and the House took up the measure in March 2026. But the record provided does not show enactment or that the conflict was ended; by mid-May 2026 he was still referring to failed War Powers resolutions. That makes this a serious but unsuccessful attempt rather than a delivered promise.
The evidence shows Raskin clearly made a serious effort to build bipartisan support for an Iran War Powers Resolution, publicly calling for Republicans to join and backing the Massie-Khanna resolution. There was House floor action and voting in March 2026, which demonstrates material legislative effort. But the promise was to welcome Republicans into a bipartisan coalition to pass a War Powers Resolution to end the conflict in Iran, and the record provided does not show the resolution was enacted or that the conflict was ended. Raskin's own May 2026 reference to 'several failed War Powers Act Resolutions' is strong evidence that the effort did not succeed within the relevant term. Under the rubric, a serious attempt that failed to deliver the promised outcome should be scored as never with effort_badge true.