House votes down latest effort to rein in Trump's military action in Iran

The latest vote in the House to block President Trump from taking further military action against Iran narrowly failed Thursday as the war approaches its third month and the off-ramp remains uncertain. 

The war powers resolution, introduced by Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, failed in a 214-213 vote, with one voting present. One Republican, Kentucky's Thomas Massie, voted with nearly all Democrats, several votes shy of the support it needed for passage.

Meeks' resolution would have directed the president to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities against Iran, unless explicitly authorized by Congress.