The House of Representatives of the US Congress today refused to give President Barack Obama the authority to extend the participation of the US military in the international intervention in Libya.
The outcome of the 295-123 vote in the House of Representatives will have no immediate consequences for US involvement in Libya.
This is the first time since 1999 that one of the two houses of Congress has voted against a military operation.
The lower house, the House of Representatives, has 435 seats, in which the federal states are represented according to the number of inhabitants, while in the upper house, the Senate, each state has two representatives.
Republicans have a majority in the House of Representatives this term, while President Obama is from the Democratic Party.
The ballot initiative was launched by Republican Party leaders, whose prominent members alleged that the US president broke the law by not seeking congressional approval to intervene in Libya.
The international military intervention in Libya began on March 19 under the leadership of the USA, France and Great Britain, and the command of the operation was taken over by NATO on March 31.
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