House blocks Tlaib Lebanon war-powers push amid Middle East tensions

The House rejected Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Lebanon-focused war powers resolution, 92-324, directing the president to remove U.S. forces from Lebanon within seven days. Democratic leaders said no troops are currently in combat there and backed a revised measure that would pull forces from any hostilities in Lebanon while preserving security cooperation with Lebanese forces. Tlaib pressed the vote amid Israel-Hezbollah fighting and a looming U.S.-brokered ceasefire, with Republicans arguing the plan would withdraw troops from a country not in active conflict and Democrats reiterating their stance against entangling the U.S. in the region.