{"id":24650,"date":"2026-05-13T12:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=24650"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:38:12","slug":"merkley-blasts-senate-republicans-for-failing-to-end-trumps-illegal-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-blasts-senate-republicans-for-failing-to-end-trumps-illegal-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley Blasts Senate Republicans for Failing to End Trump\u2019s Illegal Iran War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley\u2014a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee\u2014released\u00a0the following statement after\u00a0Senate Republicans voted\u00a0to block <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/six-democratic-senators-including-merkley-join-war-powers-push-to-stop-iran-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his\u00a0War Powers Resolution<\/a> to end President Trump\u2019s illegal war against Iran:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cRather than hold President Trump accountable for his reckless warmongering, Senate Republicans have once again rubber-stamped Trump\u2019s unconstitutional war with Iran.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cThis war of choice has been a total failure. The Strait of Hormuz\u2014which was open before the war\u2014remains closed, choking off vital supplies and raising costs for working families. Iran\u2019s enriched uranium remains hidden. U.S. aggression has only strengthened the hardliners inside Iran, and our influence is declining across the region.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cAs James Madison warned us:<em> \u2018the 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 <\/em>The Senate must uphold its Constitutional duty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cUntil this illegal war is over, Democrats will keep forcing votes to hold Senate Republicans accountable for bending the knee to Trump. 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