Attempts to block President Trump’s Operation Epic Fury have now failed in both the House and Senate. Last night, the Senate rejected a resolution that would have limited President Trump’s military actions against Iran. We reported on that here: JUST IN: Senate REJECTS Iran War Powers Resolution — One Republican Sides With Democrats And now, a similar War Powers Resolution has failed in the House of Representatives. The final vote was 212-219. Check it out: BREAKING — TRUMP WINS: House Democrats’ effort to BLOCK President Trump’s Operation Epic Fury in Iran FAILED, 212-219 This effort has now lost BOTH in the House and Senate Trump and Pete Hegseth are now EMBOLDENED and the strikes continue with DEVASTATION! pic.twitter.com/RG0MtNRITo — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 5, 2026 Republican Rep. Thomas Massie co-authored the resolution with Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna. Rep. Massie issued this statement after his measure failed: The Iran War Powers Resolution narrowly failed, but we put everyone on record. We’re being told this military action could last months. That’s the exact circumstance in which the Founders intended for Congress to authorize war, but sadly we’ve now abdicated that responsibility. pic.twitter.com/lE8HOLXUpc — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 5, 2026 Of course, Rep. Massie was a “yes” vote on the resolution. One other Republican — Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio — also broke ranks and voted to restrict President Trump’s authority. However, notably, four Democrats joined the majority of Republicans to vote against the resolution. The Hill has more: The vote was 212-219, with just two Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.) and Warren Davidson (Ohio) — hopping the aisle to support the resolution, while four Democrats broke with their party to oppose it: Reps. Jared Golden (Maine), Henry Cuellar (Texas), Greg Landsman (Ohio) and Juan Vargas (Calif.). The vote was largely symbolic, coming one day after the Senate killed a similar resolution along similar partisan lines. And some observers had questioned the Democrats’ strategy of forcing the vote, since failure of the resolution is its own roundabout form of authorization for Trump to continue the strikes. Democratic leaders dismissed those concerns, arguing for the importance of fighting to reestablish Congress’s war powers as defined by the Constitution — and putting lawmakers on record for perpetuity. “The Constitution is not ambiguous on this subject,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told reporters in the Capitol shortly before the vote. “There’s no evidence that there was an imminent threat to the United States of America.” The war powers resolution, sponsored by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), would force Trump to terminate operations in Iran until the administration can win congressional approval. Most Republicans rejected the effort, saying Trump, like every other president, has the authority under the War Powers Act to conduct limited military strikes without a formal OK from Congress. They also warned that forcing Trump to quit the campaign now would leave Iran’s current regime in power (albeit weakened), thereby heightening the security risks for the U.S. and its assets and allies in the region.