# The Republican-led US House of Representatives has rejected a Democratic-led resolution to block president Donald Trump from taking military action against Iran without congressional approval. The house voted 212 to 212, meaning it failed because it needed a majority to pass. This is the third vote this year on an Iranian war powers resolution. Democrats have repeatedly called on Trump to come to Congress for authorisation to use military force in the conflict, emphasising the Constitution says only the legislature, not the president, can declare war.
Effort to rein in Trump’s military campaign in Iran fails for the third time in the House of Representatives