House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Fox News on Wednesday that he would oppose a forthcoming vote on an Iran War Powers Resolution.
Johnson said he would “hope it doesn’t pass” in regards to legislation that could curtail President Donald Trump’s power to enact strikes on Iran and require him to gain congressional approval for doing so.
On May 14, a House resolution directing the president “to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities against Iran or any part of its government or military” failed after a 212-212 tie in the House.
Three Republicans — Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Mich. — broke ranks with the party to support the resolution while one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, voted with Republicans.
A week later, Johnson and other House GOP leadership pulled a separate war powers vote after concluding they lacked the votes to defeat it. The resolution’s support had grown, including from Golden, who had opposed an earlier version but said he would vote for the measure the next time it reached the floor.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., also weighed in Wednesday, telling Fox News’ chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram, “I don’t know how it’s going to go… There are lot of people now seeing that (the war is) moving toward peace.”