Smoke rises from the rubble of an Iranian state media building in Tehran after an Israeli airstrike on June 16, 2025. (Nikan/Middle East Images via AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
(Tribune News Service) — Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massia, California Rep. Ro Khanna and Democratic co-sponsors including representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar filed a resolution to ban the United States from involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict on Tuesday.
Massie, a Republican who has opposed spending on foreign aid, filed a resolution that “directs the President to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran or any part of its government or military.”
The resolution was filed with California Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna, and co-sponsors include Democrats Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Ilhan Omar, Massie said in a post on social media.
Fighting between Iran and Israel began Friday when Israel launched an attack on Iran and killed many of the country’s military leaders. In the days since, more than 200 people in Iran have been killed and more than 1,400 people injured by Israeli attacks. Retaliation by Iran has killed at least 24 people and injured around 600 in Israel.
“This is not our war,” Massie said in a post about the resolution. “Even if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution.”
Massie has opposed spending on foreign aid, and in recent years has voted against spending on Ukraine and Israel, an unusual record for a Republican.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly called Massie a “third-rate grandstander” and said he wanted the lawmaker beaten in a primary election.
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