The measure’s failure in the House came after the Senate GOP rejected a similar war powers resolution on Wednesday. “I think passage of a war powers resolution right now [is a] terrible, dangerous idea,” Mike Johnson, the House Republican speaker, said at a Wednesday press conference. “The 1973 War Powers Resolution states plainly that the president may only introduce US armed forces into hostilities pursuant to three conditions: either one, declaration of war; two, specific statutory authorization; or three, a national emergency created by an attack upon the United States. None of those conditions exist today,” said Massie, one of the few House Republicans to regularly break with the president. That’s not what our constitution says.”Since the law’s enactment by a Congress frustrated by Richard Nixon’s deployment of troops across south-east Asia without congressional authorization, no war powers resolution has ever forced the US to withdraw from a conflict.

Source: The Guardian March 06, 2026 03:56 UTC