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After four US Senate Republicans on Tuesday helped Democrats advance a war powers resolution intended to halt President Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran, GOP leadership in the House of Representatives canceled a similar vote on Wednesday, and again on Thursday.

Progressive and Democratic Party leaders in the House were quick to call out Republican leadership, including Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), who Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Chair Greg Casar (D-Texas) said “has cemented his legacy as the speaker who handed the most corrupt president ever complete control over the House.”

“Republicans can run from Trump’s disastrous war, but they can’t hide. Thousands are dead, and gas and grocery prices are up, and progressives will not stop demanding votes… until the war is actually ended,” Casar pledged, as Americans prepared to spend an estimated extra $3.5 billion on gasoline over the holiday weekend.

Republicans just postponed the War Powers vote on Iran. Why? Because they knew they were going to LOSE. The Constitution is clear: Congress decides whether this country goes to war, not one person in the White House. Instead of casting a tough vote, GOP leadership pulled it… https://t.co/NCGQ6nNtWv— Mike Levin (@MikeLevin) May 21, 2026

Republicans just postponed the War Powers vote on Iran. Why? Because they knew they were going to LOSE. The Constitution is clear: Congress decides whether this country goes to war, not one person in the White House. Instead of casting a tough vote, GOP leadership pulled it… https://t.co/NCGQ6nNtWv

CPC Chair Emerita Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) similarly said on social........

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