The House voted 220-204 on Tuesday night to advance a resolution directing President Trump to pull U.S. forces out of hostilities against Iran unless Congress explicitly authorizes the fight — the third time this year lawmakers have passed a version of the measure, and the first time seven Republicans have crossed over to back it.

The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) with 14 Democratic cosponsors, invokes the 1973 War Powers Act to argue Trump never got the authorization he needed to keep American troops engaged in the conflict. "Tonight, Congress did its job under the Constitution and said enough is enough," Moulton said after the vote, according to UPI.

Seven Republicans, and climbing

Four Republicans backed the first such resolution back in June; that number rose to seven this week, with Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Warren Davidson (Ohio), Tom Barrett (Mich.), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Iowa), Zach Nunn (Iowa) and Nancy Mace (S.C.) all voting with Democrats, per CNN. Massie — already leading a separate push to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war — has now voted for all three iterations.

"The American people have made it clear that they do not support this war, and the Constitution does not grant Trump the authority to wage it without the consent of the people."

That line came from Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, one of the GOP defectors, underscoring how the erosion of party discipline on the issue has become a running storyline through 2026 — the House rejected a similar measure in March, then passed versions in June and July before this week's tally.

The White House has previously waved off these votes as symbolic. The administration has argued that a concurrent resolution "lacks the force of law and should be deemed unconstitutional," a position it took after the June vote, according to reporting reviewed by multiple outlets. Trump has not vetoed a version because none has yet cleared the Senate — but that could change soon.

What's next

Senate Democratic leaders, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Tim Kaine and Sen. Adam Schiff, have said the chamber will take up the House-passed resolution no later than October 2. Even if it clears the Senate, Trump would almost certainly veto it, setting up a fight over whether either chamber can muster the two-thirds majority needed to override him — a bar the measure has not come close to reaching in any of its previous rounds.

For now, the vote stands as another marker of how much erosion Trump's Iran policy has caused inside his own party, even as it remains, for the moment, more symbolic than binding.