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On Wednesday evening, the United States House of Representatives passed, with bipartisan support, a war powers resolution that seeks to curtail President Donald Trump’s continued war on Iran.

The measure passed with 215 votes in favor versus 208 opposed. Four Republican lawmakers joined with Democrats to pass the resolution, following two weeks of GOP leadership delaying the vote.

The odds of the measure successfully ending the U.S.’s war on Iran are slim, as it must also pass the Senate, where a filibuster could block its advancement. Trump has veto power over the resolution.

Still, the vote was celebrated as a repudiation of Trump’s unauthorized war, which he started in late February without congressional approval. Senate passage, while unlikely, is not impossible, as a similar measure in that chamber did pass a procedural hurdle last month. A final vote on a war powers resolution in that chamber has yet to be scheduled.

In a joint statement, House Democratic Party leaders praised the measure’s advancement, writing:

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Following repeated attempts to get sycophants in the Republican-controlled House to join us, House Democrats successfully passed our War Powers Resolution today to stand up for the American people and hold Donald Trump accountable. It is now time for Senate Republicans to do the right thing.

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