{"id":24099,"date":"2026-03-04T17:31:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=24099"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:31:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:31:40","slug":"merkley-senate-refuses-to-stop-unauthorized-war-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-senate-refuses-to-stop-unauthorized-war-with-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley:\u00a0Senate Refuses to Stop Unauthorized War with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley\u2014a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee\u2014released&nbsp;the following statement after&nbsp;the Senate voted&nbsp;to block&nbsp;U.S. Senator Tim Kaine&nbsp;(D-VA)\u2019s&nbsp;War Powers Resolutionaimed at stopping the unauthorized U.S.-Israel war in Iran:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Trump Administration has repeatedly misled the American people about its plans for war against Iran, sending our nation down a dangerous path.&nbsp;This war is illegal and unnecessary.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cWorking in lockstep with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Administration has escalated this conflict and failed to provide clear objectives for <\/strong><strong>this reckless war, nor has it explained how its actions will avoid spiraling into further chaos across the Middle East. While the Iranian regime is deeply repressive and the Iranian people deserve a say in their future, acknowledging this reality does not mean giving President Trump a blank check for war.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Founders placed the power to declare war with Congress. There needs to be debate about matters of war and peace to ensure America\u2019s interests are best pursued. <\/strong><strong>But Congress has once again failed to stand up to Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cAmerican servicemembers and their families pay the price for Washington\u2019s rush to war, while the decision-makers who launched the war live life largely unchanged. We owe our troops better than another open-ended conflict with no clear plan.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cIn the face of&nbsp;Trump shredding our Constitution,&nbsp;it is&nbsp;our responsibility&nbsp;to prevent the&nbsp;United States&nbsp;from being&nbsp;pulled into another needless, open-ended war.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley\u2014a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee\u2014released&nbsp;the following statement after&nbsp;the Senate voted&nbsp;to block&nbsp;U.S. Senator Tim Kaine&nbsp;(D-VA)\u2019s&nbsp;War Powers Resolutionaimed at stopping the unauthorized U.S.-Israel war in Iran: \u201cThe Trump Administration has repeatedly misled the American people about its plans for war against Iran, sending our nation down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":18847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-24099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-foreign-policy-and-national-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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