{"id":24083,"date":"2026-02-28T14:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=24083"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:33:39","slug":"merkley-calls-for-no-war-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-calls-for-no-war-with-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley Calls for No War with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Following President Trump\u2019s unconstitutional strikes against Iran, Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley\u2014a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee\u2014issued the following statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe Constitution is clear: Congress has the power to declare war, not&nbsp;the&nbsp;president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJames Madison warned us: &#8216;the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most prone to it. [The Constitution] has accordingly with studied care vested the question of war in the Legislature.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump is not a king. These strikes are wrong and unauthorized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know where this road leads.&nbsp;Over two decades of war, more than 7,000 American servicemembers were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. More than 50,000 were wounded. More than $8 trillion was squandered. Families carry that pain for generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Iranian regime\u2019s human rights abuses and its support for violent proxies across the region are unacceptable. But those realities do not give a President the authority to start a war. The so-called President of \u2018peace\u2019 is anything but.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI pray for our servicemembers, who are now in harm\u2019s way because of this reckless decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Senate must immediately vote on the War Powers Resolution and reassert Congress\u2019s authority. 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