H.R. 7900 - U.S. Military in Syria

According to the U.S. Constitution, only Congress has the authority to declare war. It is long past time to bring the troops home from Syria, especially considering that Congress never issued a declaration of war in relation to the country.

Constitutional Vote: Yes

Vote Date: July 14, 2022

U.S. Military in Syria — **Middle East deployment:** Decades of U.S. military interventionism in the Middle East, without any declarations of war by Congress, have cost America heavily in terms of lives and money. This photo shows U.S. soldiers in Syria.

During consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act, Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) offered an amendment to prohibit deploying U.S. military forces in Syria.

The House rejected Bowman’s amendment on July 14, 2022 by a vote of 155 to 273 (Roll Call 335). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because according to the U.S. Constitution, only Congress has the authority to declare war. It is long past time to bring the troops home from Syria, especially considering that Congress never issued a declaration of war in relation to the country.