{"id":24420,"date":"2026-04-15T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=24420"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:41:52","slug":"republicans-block-senate-democrats-war-powers-resolution-once-again-voting-to-continue-trumps-unjustified-unpopular-and-costly-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/republicans-block-senate-democrats-war-powers-resolution-once-again-voting-to-continue-trumps-unjustified-unpopular-and-costly-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Block Senate Democrats\u2019 War Powers Resolution, Once Again Voting to Continue Trump\u2019s Unjustified, Unpopular and Costly Iran War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[WASHINGTON, D.C.]<strong>&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>In the seventh week of Donald Trump\u2019s unjustified and illegal Iran war, U.S. Senators Tammy&nbsp;Duckworth&nbsp;(D-IL), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Andy Kim (D-NJ) forced a vote on Senator&nbsp;Duckworth\u2019s War Powers Resolution that would have immediately withdrawn American forces from hostilities in and against Iran. Senate Republicans blocked the measure, once again voting to continue enabling Trump\u2019s increasingly erratic and dangerous behavior as he prosecutes his illegal, unjustified and unpopular war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cIt is completely and utterly outrageous that Senate Republicans are once again ceding their Constitutional authority to this warmongering, wanna-be dictator who is hellbent on throwing our servicemembers into needless danger and breaking every single promise he\u2019s made to the American people,\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>said&nbsp;Duckworth.&nbsp;<strong>\u201cAmericans are sick and tired of watching Donald Trump\u2019s incompetence drive up their costs and plunge us deeper into a forever war while Senate Republicans abdicate their responsibilities and do nothing to stop it. While our colleagues continue to betray their oaths to their constituents and our servicemembers, Senate Democrats will keep doing everything we can to end Donald Trump\u2019s unnecessary, unjustified and expensive taxpayer-funded forever war, reasserting Congress as the coequal branch of government that our founders intended us to be.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cI hope at some point our Republican colleagues decide that they can choose to just say what is clear and obvious: this war was a mistake. It should end as quickly as possible,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;said Senator Murphy.&nbsp;<strong>\u201cYou can, as a United States senator, occasionally stand up to the leader of your party if it&#8217;s a matter of right and wrong \u2013 I believe this is a matter of right and wrong. Maybe it won&#8217;t be in today&#8217;s vote, but hopefully, in one of the votes we will continue to have, we can have some bipartisan agreement that this war needs to end.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cAs President Trump&#8217;s reckless and unauthorized war continues to escalate, the Senate has a responsibility to do its job and responsibly stop it,\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>said Senator Booker.<strong>&nbsp;\u201cEach day it becomes more clear that the Trump administration has no clear strategy for success and is leading us deeper into a foreign policy quagmire, while Americans\u2019 lives are being made less safe and more expensive.&nbsp; I am proud to stand with my Democratic colleagues in using every tool available to end this unlawful war, and I urge Senate Republicans to have the courage to join us in upholding the Constitution we all swore to defend.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cWe\u2019re 46 days into President Trump\u2019s war of choice against Iran. We\u2019ve lost 13 servicemembers and massed dozens of U.S. military assets with over 50,000 personnel \u2013 many from Virginia \u2013 in the Middle East. The Strait of Hormuz is closed, and Americans are paying over a dollar more per gallon for gas,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;said Kaine.&nbsp;<strong>\u201cThe Trump Administration\u2019s refusal to explain to the American people why we\u2019re doing this, what we\u2019re gaining from this war, and how it ends underscores that they know it\u2019s going poorly. When will my colleagues finally stand up and say that enough is enough? Congress needs to do its job and end this non-stop chaos so we can focus on lowering the cost of child care, health care, and housing for Americans at home.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cWe are now in the second month of Trump\u2019s Iran War, and the president has offered no proposal to even authorize the use of force in Iran, nor have Republicans demanded one,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;said Senator Schiff.&nbsp;<strong>\u201cWe have not had a single open hearing on the war, nor have Republicans called for one. The case for the war in Iran has never been made, will never be made and my colleagues will not put the matter to a vote, for fear they would lose that vote or be held accountable for it. How long can this go on? The short, terrible, answer is \u2014 for a very long time. This war should never have begun. And it is long past time for the U.S. Congress to put an end to it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThis President ran on lowering costs and ending foreign wars. With this conflict,\u202fhe\u2019s\u202fmanaged to break both of those promises. Americans are paying the price because of this war, and it is abundantly clear the President has no plan to get us out of this mess,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;said Senator Baldwin.&nbsp;<strong>\u201cIt\u2019s time for Republicans to do their job, rein in this President, and help us get back to the kitchen table issues Wisconsin families are demanding we address.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Constitution is clear: Congress has the power to declare war, not President Trump,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;said Senator Merkley.&nbsp;<strong>\u201cInstead of reasserting Congress\u2019 authority and reining in&nbsp;this&nbsp;unconstitutional war with&nbsp;Iran, Senate Republicans have once again failed to stand up to Trump. In the face of&nbsp;Trump shredding our Constitution,&nbsp;every Member of Congress has the responsibility to say \u2018hell no\u2019 to this massively destructive war of choice, uphold our Constitutional responsibilities for authorizing the use of military force, and demand straight answers from the Trump Administration.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cAmericans want lower costs, not forever wars,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;said Senator Gillibrand.&nbsp;<strong>\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s reckless war with Iran is endangering our troops, jeopardizing our national security, and raising costs for working families already struggling to get by. The president and his party must end this unpopular, illegal war immediately. I\u2019m proud to support this War Powers Resolution, and I will continue using every tool at my disposal to end this war and check President Trump\u2019s madness.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cTrump promised to keep America out of foreign wars and work to bring prices down, but he has done just the opposite by launching an illegal war along with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in Iran. This reckless action has left 13 U.S. service members dead and hundreds injured, killed thousands of civilians across the Middle East, and cost the American people dearly \u2013 in tens of&nbsp;billions of taxpayer dollars and through higher prices across the board. We gave Republicans a chance to join us in bringing the war to an end, but they refused \u2013 once again serving as a rubber stamp for Trump\u2019s lawlessness. Make no mistake, we will continue to fighting to stop this disastrous war once and for all,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;said Senator Van Hollen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Constitution is very clear that the declaration of war is in the authority of the Congress, not the president,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;said Senator Reverend Warnock.&nbsp;<strong>\u201cAmerican service members have lost their lives, and billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent on bullets and bombs\u2014without the president making a case, laying out a plan, or even allowing a debate in Congress. Something as serious and solemn as war deserves a debate and deserves a vote. I intend to hold this president accountable.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cWe are drowning under the costs of Donald Trump\u2019s war and still, this Republican Congress stands by and watches like bystanders,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;said Senator Kim.&nbsp;<strong>\u201cI will continue to stand up with my Democratic colleagues and bring forward War Powers Resolutions to end this illegal war and give the American people the urgent relief they need.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Trump started his unjustified war of choice 46 days ago, 13 servicemembers have been killed and hundreds more have been injured, the national average price of gas has increased more than a dollar, inflation is spiking and there is no offramp in sight. After the Administration\u2019s attempt to negotiate an end to the war recently failed, Trump confoundingly announced a U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz\u2014the very same waterway that Trump has been demanding Iran to reopen, and which\u00a0<em>was already open<\/em>\u00a0before the war began. As Trump further entrenches our nation into his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2026\/03\/25\/americans-broadly-disapprove-of-u-s-military-action-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deeply unpopular<\/a>\u00a0war, Republicans are neglecting their responsibility to our servicemembers and their constitutional oaths. The Senators\u2019 move to force debate on the floor today is part of their continued efforts to demand public hearings from Administration officials and stop Trump\u2019s illegal war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WASHINGTON, D.C.]&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;In the seventh week of Donald Trump\u2019s unjustified and illegal Iran war, U.S. Senators Tammy&nbsp;Duckworth&nbsp;(D-IL), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Andy Kim (D-NJ) forced a vote on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":17051,"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-24420","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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