House Republicans Pull Scheduled Vote on Iran War Powers Resolution

The bill was withdrawn after a previous vote had been open for nearly an hour.

The U.S. Capitol building on May 18, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Republican leadership on May 21 canceled a scheduled vote on a war powers resolution that would block President Donald Trump from continuing military action in Iran.

“House Republicans have pulled the vote on [the war powers resolution],” House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) wrote in an update for members posted on the application Dome Watch.