Congress tells President to pull troops from Iran fights.
S.J.Res. 181 — 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 Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) · 8 cosponsors · Introduced Apr 13, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This joint resolution tells the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from military operations against Iran. Congress must vote to approve any such conflict first. The bill says Operation Epic Fury started in February 2026 without Congress approval. More than 50,000 troops are now deployed with 7 or more combat deaths. The resolution lets the President keep troops for defense, intelligence work, and help to Israel and allies.
Who it affects
This resolution affects the President, Congress, and the military. It also affects people worldwide because the Strait of Hormuz has closed. This closure has disrupted global energy and food supplies.
One thing to notice
The bill does not force the President to pull troops out if he refuses. The carve-outs for defense and help to Israel are broad and may allow continued military activity.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
8 cosponsors: 8 Democrats.
- 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.
Kirsten Gillibrand, who sponsored the bill, received $163,678 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 statement passed by both houses of Congress.
- Armed Forces — The military branches of the United States.
- Strait of Hormuz — A narrow waterway between Iran and Oman where oil ships pass.
- 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 bill text published by Congress.gov (6,256 characters) on Jun 10, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; 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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