Tlaib\u2019s measure failed in a bipartisan vote of 189-235 on Tuesday, with 22 Democrats joining nearly all Republicans against it.<\/p>\n
The resolution would have specifically barred U.S. forces from engaging in “any hostilities” in the country, despite the U.S. military not joining Israel’s war in Lebanon and conducting few operations there.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., a leading critic of Israel, and Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., were the lone Republicans who supported the measure.<\/p>\n
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat from Michigan, attempted to bar U.S. forces from using military force in Lebanon, despite the United States not being at war with the country. (Tierney L. Cross\/Bloomberg)<\/p>\n
DEMOCRATS SPLIT OVER TLAIB’S LEBANON MEASURE AS REPUBLICANS SEIZE ON HEZBOLLAH OMISSION<\/a><\/p>\n House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., led the majority of Democrats in voting to curtail Trump’s authority to use force in Lebanon absent congressional approval. He previously opposed an earlier war powers resolution pushed by the Squad member.<\/p>\n Her measure was a concurrent resolution, which is largely symbolic and not sent to President Donald Trump’s<\/a> desk for a veto if passed.<\/p>\n Tlaib, Congress\u2019 sole Palestinian American, is a fierce opponent of Israel<\/a> and has accused the Jewish state of pursuing “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza and Lebanon. Her sharp criticism of Israel\u2019s war in Lebanon has spurred GOP attacks that she is providing cover for Iran-backed Hezbollah.<\/p>\n The resolution did not mention the terrorist group, which has been engaged in a military conflict with Israel since early March around the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.<\/p>\n Tuesday\u2019s vote came after Tlaib previously forced a vote<\/a> on a more expansive Lebanon war powers resolution earlier this month that critics argued would have required U.S. military personnel protecting embassy staff to leave the country.<\/p>\n \u00a0Opponents also charged that the measure would have restricted any assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces, which is fighting Hezbollah.<\/p>\n A Hezbollah flag waves above demonstrators during a “Nakba 78” anti-Israel protest march in Manhattan on May 15, 2026, in New York City. (Rashid Umar Abbasi\/Fox News Digital)<\/p>\n REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: TLAIB FORCES RARE HOUSE PROCEDURE AFTER REPUBLICAN ACCUSES HER OF DEFENDING TERRORISTS<\/a><\/p>\n Tlaib tailored her second resolution to clarify that it exempted protection of diplomatic personnel and cooperation with Lebanon\u2019s military.<\/p>\n Republicans questioned the timing of the resolution since the U.S. is not at war in Lebanon.<\/p>\n “There are not U.S. combat forces conducting operations or engaged in hostilities in Lebanon,” House Foreign Affairs Committee<\/a> Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., said during debate on the House floor. “They are training the Lebanese Armed Forces.<\/p>\n “Why are they training?” Mast continued. “Because there\u2019s probably at least 40,000 \u2014 probably more \u2014 Hezbollah terrorists spread across the South of Lebanon that are actively engaged in targeting Israel and have been doing so for many years.”<\/p>\n Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., said supporters of the Lebanon war powers resolution are acting as “proxies for Hezbollah.” (Bill Clark\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.)<\/p>\n![\"Yellow](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hezbollah-flag.jpg\")
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