BREAKING: REPUBLICANS PULL HOUSE VOTE ON WAR POWERS RESOLUTION ACT

BREAKING: REPUBLICANS PULL HOUSE VOTE ON WAR POWERS RESOLUTION ACT

From Narativ with Zev Shalev (Audio) by Zev Shalev

May 21, 2026 · 8 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the House Republicans' decision to pull the vote on the Iran war powers resolution to avoid a loss.

House Republicans didn’t lose the Iran war powers vote tonight. They pulled it — because they were about to lose. For three roll calls they defended Trump’s war on the floor. Tonight, with Golden flipped and their own members gone home, they wouldn’t let the floor be counted at all. Asked point-blank what happened to the vote, the chair said only: “that was a women’s history museum.” Then moved on. A pulled vote keeps the loss off the books. It’s barely better than losing — and they know it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narativ.org/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Zev Shalev

Topics covered

  • politics
  • war powers
  • Republicans
  • Iran
  • House vote
  • Trump

Keywords

  • House Republicans
  • Iran war powers
  • Trump
  • vote
  • politics
  • public episode

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: House Republicans

Places: women’s history museum

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