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| DATE | 2025-06-18 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Americans for a Nuclear armed Iran
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Lawmakers push to block US involvement in Iran as Trump signals
willingness to join fight
“No war in Iran. It’s time for every member to go on record,” said
California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna.
US President Donald Trump looks on during the installation of a new
flagpole on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, DC, US,
June 18, 2025.
US President Donald Trump looks on during the installation of a new
flagpole on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, DC, US,
June 18, 2025.
(photo credit: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE)
ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
JUNE 19, 2025 03:02
Lawmakers from both parties are pushing to block President Donald Trump
from bringing the US into Israel’s ongoing conflict with Iran.
A Senate bill and a resolution introduced in both the House and Senate
landed this week, as Trump has signaled to officials and in public
comments that he may be leaning towards intervening against Iran in the
campaign launched by Israel last week.
The bill and resolutions aimed at limiting the United States’
involvement come from a bipartisan bloc of lawmakers seeking to
constrain Trump’s power and from Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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The resolution introduced in both the House and Senate invokes a 1973
federal law barring the president from entering an armed conflict
without Congress’ approval.
In the House, Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie and California
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna jointly introduced the resolution, which would
prohibit the “United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities
in the Islamic Republic of Iran.” They used a form of legislation that
could force a full House vote.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) talks to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)
ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump?s address to a joint session of
Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC.
(credit: WIN MCNAMEE/POOL VIA REUTERS)
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) talks to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)
ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump?s address to a joint session of
Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC.
(credit: WIN MCNAMEE/POOL VIA REUTERS)
“This is not our war,” Massie, who often stands alone among his
Republican colleagues and has drawn opposition from Republican Jews,
wrote in a post on X Monday. “But if it were, Congress must decide such
matters according to our Constitution. I’m introducing a bipartisan War
Powers Resolution tomorrow to prohibit our involvement.”
“No war in Iran. It’s time for every member to go on record,” said
Khanna in a post on X Monday comparing the current conflict to the
United States’ involvement in Iraq in 2003. “Are you with the neocons
who led us into Iraq, or do you stand with the American people?”
Fourteen Democrats join resolution
Fourteen House Democrats, including New York Rep. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez and Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, have joined the resolution,
which has received pushback from some pro-Israel lawmakers.
“If AOC and Massie are a yes, that’s a good bet that I’ll be a no,” said
New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler in a post on X Monday. “A nuclear
Iran will seek to eradicate Israel and all but ensure WWIII. We cannot
allow that to happen. We must stand with Israel.”
Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine introduced a companion resolution in
the Senate Monday, calling for a debate and vote in Congress before
using any military force against Iran.
“It is not in our national security interest to get into a war with Iran
unless that war is absolutely necessary to defend the United States. I
am deeply concerned that the recent escalation of hostilities between
Israel and Iran could quickly pull the United States into another
endless conflict,” said Kaine in a statement.
“The American people have no interest in sending servicemembers to fight
another forever war in the Middle East. This resolution will ensure that
if we decide to place our nation’s men and women in uniform into harm’s
way, we will have a debate and vote on it in Congress,” the statement
continued.
Sanders’ No War Against Iran Act, which seven Democratic senators have
signed, seeks to prohibit the use of federal funds for military action
against Iran without authorization from Congress.
“Netanyahu’s reckless and illegal attacks violate international law and
risk igniting a regional war. Congress must make it clear that the
United States will not be dragged into Netanyahu’s war of choice,”
Sanders said in a statement announcing the bill.
“Our Founding Fathers entrusted the power of war and peace exclusively
to the people’s elected representatives in Congress, and it is
imperative that we make clear that the President has no authority to
embark on another costly war without explicit authorization by Congress.”
Senators who have signed onto Sanders’ bill include Peter Welch of
Vermont, a cosponsor; Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts; Chris Van
Hollen of Maryland, who was among the earliest critics of Israel’s
attack on Iran; Ed Markey of Massachusetts; Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin;
and Tina Smith of Minnesota.
Sanders first introduced the legislation in January 2020, and at the
time, Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Jewish New York Democrat and Senate
minority leader, signed onto it. Schumer has not supported the new
legislation, underscoring a lack of support from the majority of
Democrats who have expressed support for Israel’s attack on Iran.
Some opposing US interventionists have taken a stronger stance, saying
that the United States simply should not enter the war, with or without
congressional debate. They include some in Trump’s MAGA movement who
have been openly feuding with him.
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