President Donald Trump\u2019s order to attack Iran<\/a> a \u201ccolossal mistake\u201d.<\/p>\nRecommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Senate should immediately return to session and vote on my War Powers Resolution to block the use of US forces in hostilities against Iran,\u201d Kaine said in a statement on Saturday. \u201cEvery single Senator needs to go on the record about this dangerous, unnecessary, and idiotic action.\u201d<\/p>\n
House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries echoed Kaine, saying that House Democrats are committed to forcing a floor vote on a measure to restrict Trump\u2019s war powers regarding Iran.<\/p>\n
\u201cDonald Trump failed to seek Congressional authorisation prior to striking Iran. Instead, the President\u2019s decision to abandon diplomacy and launch a massive military attack has left American troops vulnerable to Iran\u2019s retaliatory actions,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cThe Trump administration must explain itself to the American people and Congress immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n
The push for a legislative check on Trump\u2019s executive power has gained significant bipartisan momentum in the Senate, of which the Republican Party maintains a slim majority.<\/p>\n
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded on Saturday that Congress be briefed immediately about the Iran attacks, including an all-senators classified session and public testimony, criticising the administration for not providing details on the threat\u2019s scope and immediacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe administration has not provided Congress and the American people with critical details about the scope and immediacy of the threat,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Senator Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, described the strikes in a statement posted on X as \u201ca deeply consequential decision that risks pulling the United States into another broad conflict in the Middle East\u201d.<\/p>\n
He questioned the urgency and intelligence behind the attack, warning of repeating \u201cmistakes of the past\u201d, like the Iraq war.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe American people have seen this playbook before \u2013 claims of urgency, misrepresented intelligence, and military action that pulls the United States into regime change and prolonged, costly nation-building,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Not just Democrats<\/p>\n
While the push to curb executive military authority is largely driven by the Democratic caucus, a growing contingent of Republican lawmakers has signalled a rare break from the White House to join the effort.<\/p>\n
Republican representative Thomas Massie, one of the most outspoken critics, described the strikes as \u201cacts of war unauthorised by Congress\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am opposed to this War. This is not America First,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n
In the Senate, Republican Senator Rand Paul, who also co-sponsored the war powers resolution, said his opposition to the war is based on constitutional principles.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy oath of office is to the Constitution, so with studied care, I must oppose another Presidential war,\u201d he said on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Democratic lawmakers have largely condemned the strikes on Iran, emphasizing the lack of congressional approval. Listen to this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,12,2562,3,21,19,22,20,25,1209,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-496821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-israel-iran-conflict","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-us-canada","18":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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