Republicans Block Baldwin, Colleagues Effort to End Trump’s Illegal Iran War

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Last night, the majority of Senate Republicans again blocked an effort to stop President Donald Trump’s illegal war in Iran. The resolution, sponsored by U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), would have forced the United States to withdraw U.S. troops from hostilities in and against Iran. On the Senate floor, Baldwin emphasized the cost to taxpayers of the President’s unconstitutional war and how those tens of billions of dollars could instead be invested in addressing the American people’s kitchen table needs.

Photo from Baldwin’s office.

WATCH: Baldwin takes to Senate Floor on Trump’s cost-raising war

It has been nearly a month since President Trump chose to launch his war with Iran that has resulted in the death of at least 13 and injury of nearly 300 U.S. servicemembers. As of this week, 5,000 Marines and roughly 3,000 soldiers trained to parachute into enemy territory are being deployed to the Middle East for possible ground combat inside Iran.

This is the third War Powers Resolution on Iran that the senators forced the Senate to vote on and is part of the Senators’ continued efforts to demand public hearings and stop Trump’s unauthorized war of choice. Leader Thune has yet to announce or hold public hearings on the war or get testimony from the Secretaries of State or Defense under oath. The group of Senators has pledged to keep debating and voting on the War Powers Resolutions until there are public hearings.

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