2026年5月22日 / 美国东部时间凌晨12:34 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社报道
周四，众议院共和党人取消了一项旨在迫使特朗普总统从对伊朗战争中撤军的议案的投票，此举推迟了该问题的表决进程，此时特朗普政府正竭力维持国会对这场战争的支持。
众议院原本计划就一项由民主党提出的战争权力决议进行投票，该决议将限制特朗普在未经国会批准的情况下对伊朗发动战争的能力。但随着越来越明显的情况显示，由于议员缺席，共和党人不足以击败该法案，共和党领导层决定不举行投票。
“我们毫无疑问拥有足够票数，他们也心知肚明，因此他们只是在玩政治把戏，”来自纽约州的民主党众议员格雷戈里·米克斯说道，他是该决议的提案人，同时也是众议院外交事务委员会的资深民主党议员。
这是国会对这场特朗普于近三个月前发动的战争的支持态度不明朗的最新迹象，尽管美国和伊朗仍处于4月初开始的不稳定停火状态。
2026年5月21日，众议院外交事务委员会资深议员格雷戈里·米克斯（民主党，纽约州）在华盛顿国会山接受记者采访。弗朗西斯·钟/政治报/美联社图片
上周，众议院以212票对212票的平局勉强否决了一项战争权力决议，当时有三名共和党议员投了赞成票。本周早些时候，参议院投票推进一项战争权力决议，四名共和党参议员支持该法案，另有三名共和党议员缺席。这次成功的投票只是参议院程序的第一步，但仍是民主党在七次推动与伊朗相关议案失败后的一个里程碑。
众议院共和党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯告诉记者，周四的投票被推迟是为了让缺席的议员有机会投票。众议院议长迈克·约翰逊在离开众议院会议厅时没有回答记者的提问。
在一份联合声明中，众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯和其他民主党团领袖表示，共和党人取消投票是“怯懦的表现”。
“即便我们即将在阵亡将士纪念日缅怀我国的阵亡英雄，众议院共和党人仍拒绝到场，不对那些被鲁莽置于危险境地的勇敢军人负责，”他们补充道。
在国会山，人们对这场战争的耐心已耗尽。民调显示，大多数美国人不赞成美国对伊朗采取军事行动，并不认为冲突进展顺利。尽管停火使得直接战斗基本暂停，但霍尔木兹海峡的僵局扰乱了全球航运，并推高了美国的汽油价格。
上周唯一一位投票反对这项战争权力决议的民主党议员、来自缅因州的众议员贾里德·戈尔登表示，他下次会投票支持该法案。
大多数国会共和党议员总体上支持特朗普摧毁伊朗核能力的举措。
“我是美国人，我不相信在遭遇袭击后却一走了之，假装什么都没发生，”众议院外交事务委员会共和党主席布莱恩·马斯特众议员说道。
尽管如此，越来越多的共和党人现在表示，总统在未经国会批准的情况下发动战争的法定时限已经过期。根据1973年通过的一项法律，总统在参与军事冲突后，国会必须在60天内宣战或授权使用武力。
“已经超过60天了，所以这项决议必须提交给我们投票。我们正在依法行事，”来自宾夕法尼亚州的共和党众议员布莱恩·菲茨帕特里克说道，他补充说自己计划投票支持这项战争权力决议。
白宫辩称，由于与伊朗达成停火，《战争权力决议》的相关要求不再适用。与此同时，特朗普本周早些时候表示，他距离下令对伊朗发动新一轮打击仅差一小时，但他最终叫停了行动，因为海湾盟友表示他们正参与结束战争的谈判。
总统本周早些时候在社交媒体上表示，军方领导人应该“准备好在接到通知后立即对伊朗发动全面、大规模的袭击，前提是无法达成可接受的协议”。
对国会而言，越来越多的推动通过战争权力决议的势头，最终可能引发一场关于谁拥有军事冲突最终决定权的法律对决。
众议院待表决的这项法案是一项共同决议案，议员们表示，如果该决议在参众两院获得通过，将无需特朗普签署即可生效。但特朗普也辩称，1973年的这项法律——国会在越南战争时期通过，旨在收回其对外冲突的权力——是违宪的。
迄今为止一直投票反对战争权力决议的北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯对特朗普政府的立场表示不满，尤其是对国防部长皮特·赫格斯的表态。
“目前的现状，恰恰体现了皮特·赫格斯有多无能，”蒂利斯告诉记者，并补充说他愿意投票支持一项使用武力的授权法案。
House Republicans pull vote on Iran war resolution that appeared to have enough support to pass
May 22, 2026 / 12:34 AM EDT / CBS/AP
House Republicans on Thursday pulled a vote on a measure that would compel President Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran, delaying action on the issue as the Trump administration struggles to maintain congressional backing for the war.
The House had scheduled a vote on a war powers resolution, brought by Democrats, that would rein in Mr. Trump’s ability to wage war with Iran without congressional approval. But as it became clear that Republicans would not have the numbers to defeat the bill due to absences, GOP leaders declined to hold a vote on it.
“We had the votes without question and they knew it, and as a result they’re playing a political game,” said Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, who sponsored the resolution and serves as the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
It was the latest sign of uncertain support in Congress for a war that Mr. Trump launched almost three months ago, though the U.S. and Iran remain in a shaky ceasefire that began in early April.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol on May 21, 2026. Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images
Last week, the House narrowly rejected a war powers resolution in a 212-212 tie, after three Republicans voted in favor. Earlier this week, the Senate voted to advance an war powers resolution, with four GOP senators supporting the measure and three others absent. The successful vote marked only a first step in the Senate, but it still marked a milestone for Democrats after seven failed attempts to advance Iran-related measures.
House Republican Leader Steve Scalise told reporters Thursday’s vote was delayed to give lawmakers who were absent a chance to vote. House Speaker Mike Johnson did not answer questions from reporters as he exited the House chamber.
In a joint statement, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other Democratic caucus leaders said Republicans were “cowardly” to pull the vote.
“Even as we prepare to recognize our nation’s fallen heroes on Memorial Day, House Republicans refuse to show up and be accountable to the brave service members that have been recklessly put in harm’s way,” they added.
On Capitol Hill, patience with the war has worn thin. Polling shows most Americans disapprove of the U.S. taking military action against Iran and do not believe the conflict is going well, and while direct fighting is largely on hold due to the ceasefire, the stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted global shipping and elevated gas prices in the U.S.
The lone Democrat who voted against the war powers resolution last week, Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, has said he will vote in favor of the legislation next time.
Most congressional Republicans have been broadly supportive of Mr. Trump’s efforts to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
“I’m an American. I don’t believe in getting hit and walking away and pretending as though it didn’t happen,” said Rep. Brian Mast, the Republican chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Still, a growing number of Republicans are now saying the president’s legal timeline to wage a war without congressional approval has expired. Under a 1973 law, presidents have 60 days to engage in a military conflict before Congress must either declare war or authorize the use of military force.
“We’re past 60 days so it’s got to be brought to us to vote on. We’re following the law,” said Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a Pennsylvania Republican, adding that he plans to vote for the war powers resolution.
The White House argues that the requirements of the War Powers Resolution no longer apply because of the ceasefire with Iran. At the same time, Mr. Trump said he was just an hour away from ordering another strike on Iran earlier this week, but held off because Gulf allies said they were engaged in negotiations to end the war.
The president said on social media earlier in the week that military leaders should “be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice, in the event that an acceptable Deal is not reached.”
For Congress, the growing momentum to pass a war powers resolution could eventually lead to a legal showdown over who has the final authority over military conflicts.
The legislation before the House is a concurrent resolution that lawmakers said would take effect without Mr. Trump’s signature if it passed both chambers of Congress. But Mr. Trump has also argued that the 1973 law — passed by Congress during the Vietnam War era in an attempt to take back its power over foreign conflicts — is unconstitutional.
Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican who has so far voted against the war powers resolutions, expressed frustration with the Trump administration’s stance, especially from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
“The current status quo, Pete Hegseth demonstrates how incompetent he is,” Tillis told reporters, adding that he would be willing to vote for an authorization for use of military force.