Four Republicans join Democrats in rare rebuke of president. But Congress still far from able to stop further attacks.

The House voted to curb Trump's war powers in Iran after Democrats and several Republicans bucked the president in a rare bipartisan rebuke of his policy.

The lower chamber of Congress passed a measure that seeks to halt further military action, in a vote seen as largely symbolic.

The resolution calls on Trump to withdraw U.S. armed forces from hostilities involving Iran unless Congress formally declares war. However, the resolution would not force Trump to end the conflict and is largely viewed as symbolic unless it passes the Senate and survives a presidential veto.

House lawmakers on Wednesday passed legislation designed to force President Trump to end the Iran war, marking a victory for Democrats and the constitutional purists who say the conflict is illegal without explicit congressional approval.

Four Republicans in the House joined Democrats to vote to limit Trump’s war powers against Iran, advancing the measure to the Senate.

WASHINGTON, United States — The US House of Representatives passed a resolution Wednesday ordering the withdrawal of American troops from the Iran war — a largely symbolic move that nonetheless delivers a political blow to President Donald Trump.

The resolution, adopted with four members of Trump's Republican Party joining Democrats, was largely symbolic, as the US president can veto the measure if it gains Senate approval.

Donald Trump suggested that members of Congress were fully aware of the status of the negotiations and questioned their motives for supporting the measure.