Congress tells President to stop fighting Iran without approval
S.J.Res. 172 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress. · Filed by Raphael Warnock (D-GA) · Introduced Apr 13, 2026 · Referred to committee
Your members of Congress
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What it does
This joint resolution tells the President to pull U.S. troops out of fights against Iran. The President did not ask Congress to approve these fights. The President must stop unless Congress votes to allow it.
Who it affects
U.S. troops and their families are affected because the bill could stop fights. People are affected because Congress, not the President alone, would decide when the country goes to war. The bill lets the President keep doing defense actions and help partner nations with defense support.
One thing to notice
Operation Epic Fury started on February 28, 2026. It killed 13 troops and wounded more than 380.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Apr 13, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Apr 13, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 2 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $280,280 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 17 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Raphael Warnock, who sponsored the bill, received $66,750 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Votevets Action Fund, Inc. — $280,280 in 2 reports
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- joint resolution — A formal message from Congress that has the force of law if the President signs it.
- troops — Soldiers and members of the military who fight in wars.
- Congress — The part of the U.S. government made up of the Senate and House of Representatives.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jun 8, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,342 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 14, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-18.
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