The House just buried Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s push to pull American troops out of Lebanon, and it was not close.
H.Con.Res.84 failed 92-324, with 2 members voting present.
The resolution would have directed President Trump to remove U.S. Armed Forces from Lebanon no later than seven days after adoption, citing section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution.
Before the vote came the fireworks. During debate, Rep. Max Miller of Ohio went straight at Tlaib over her associations.
A chaotic exchange grinds House floor debate on Lebanon war powers to a halt.
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) June 3, 2026
Axios reported that the exchange briefly ground the chamber to a halt on Wednesday, with the floor staying shut down for more than an hour after Tlaib moved to strike Miller’s words.
Miller said of Tlaib that “Hezbollah is a terrorist organization … and its members are butchers that you like to hang out with to a certain extent.”
His words were stricken from the Congressional Record. But Rep. Brian Mast later entered a statement from Miller into the record making clear he was not backing off.
“Yes, I said it. I own it, and I stand by it,” Miller said.
Tlaib has not hidden the purpose of the measure. Her own office laid it out plainly back in March.
Here is how the sponsor framed it in Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s official release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), introduced two resolutions to stand with the people of Lebanon against the devastating bombing campaign and ground invasion of their country by the Israeli military and to end U.S. support for this illegal invasion. This legislative package includes a House Resolution Standing with the People of Lebanon Against the Illegal Invasion, War Crimes, and Ethnic Cleansing Perpetrated by the State of Israel and Lebanon War Powers Resolution.
The Lebanon War Powers Resolution, co-led by Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03), orders the removal of all U.S. Armed Forces’ participation in unauthorized hostilities in Lebanon, including involvement in targeting assistance and intelligence sharing for the Israeli airstrikes and ground invasion.
The United States is assisting this destruction through the weapons, intelligence, logistics, and diplomatic cover it provides the Israeli government, and Congress has the power and duty to put an end to this illegal invasion.
ADVERTISEMENTWar Powers Resolutions are privileged, meaning that any member of the House of Representatives can force a vote on the legislation.
The bill text itself, posted at GovInfo, is short and direct. It calls for U.S. forces to be gone from Lebanon within a week.
That kind of hard deadline is exactly why the measure went nowhere. Republicans warned it would gut embassy security and kneecap U.S. work with the Lebanese Army against Hezbollah.
And Tlaib did not even have her own side. House Democratic leaders came out against it before the gavel.
Jeffries, Clark, Aguilar statement on Lebanon war powers vote: “we will vote No on H.Con.Res.84…”
— Max Cohen (@maxpcohen) June 4, 2026
Axios reported that House Democrats were divided over the resolution, with leaders and moderates worried it could hamper current U.S. operations in Lebanon, from protecting the embassy to working alongside Lebanese forces against the terror group.
When Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark, and Pete Aguilar tell their own members to vote no, the outcome is not in much doubt.
The final tally confirmed it.
H.Con.Res. 84 failed by a vote of 92-324, with 2 voting present.
— House Press Gallery (@HouseDailyPress) June 4, 2026
Tlaib forced the vote, got her name in the headlines, and watched 324 colleagues reject the idea of giving Hezbollah breathing room on a seven-day timer. The House said no, and it said it loudly.
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