GOP cancels key vote to save Trump from a staggering rebuke: report

The House GOP canceled a key upcoming vote on President Donald Trump's war in Iran to save the president from a staggering rebuke, according to reports.

The House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on a resolution on Trump's war powers this week, but a slew of Republican absences prompted the party to reconsider the move, Bloomberg reported. The move happened after a tie vote last week to halt the ongoing military action in Iran, according to the report.

"Democrats have been forcing repeated votes on the unpopular foreign conflict as it takes an escalating economic toll on Americans," Bloomberg reported.

Axios added that the resolution is largely symbolic because Trump can veto it.

The canceled vote came at a time when Trump is facing criticism from his Republican colleagues over the war in Iran and his new $1.776 billion fund to pay people who were allegedly wrongfully prosecuted by the federal government.

Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) has described the new fund as "stupid on stilts." Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has also criticized the new fund.

Democrats were also wary of the Republican move to cancel the war powers vote, with one calling it a "chickens--- move" by the GOP.

"We've gone from losing by one to tying last week to this chickens--- retreat they did tonight," Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) told Axios.