{"id":45252,"date":"2020-01-07T22:16:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T22:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smg.go-vip.net\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/07\/senate-dems-face-tough-road-to-block-trump-on-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:46:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:46:05","slug":"senate-dems-face-tough-road-to-block-trump-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/01\/07\/senate-dems-face-tough-road-to-block-trump-on-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Dems face tough road to block Trump on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON\u2015A Senate resolution to block President Trump from further escalating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/07\/esper-doubles-down-on-no-withdrawal-from-iraq-but-heres-how-it-could-unfold\/\" target=_blank>hostilities with Iran<\/a> faced an uphill battle Tuesday, as key Republicans had yet to commit their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the U.S. strike that killed Iran Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani last week, Democrats have been seeking to reassert Congress\u2019s authority to block what they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/03\/iraq-rockets-fired-at-baghdad-airport-7-people-killed\/\" target=_blank>fear<\/a> will lead to another costly, bloody war in the Middle East. One avenue is a privileged resolution from Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., who attracted four Republicans to a similar measure in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House and Senate will both consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/01\/06\/house-to-debate-limiting-trumps-military-actions-against-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\">resolutions<\/a> asserting that Trump cannot use existing war authorizations for a legal basis to fight Iran. Kaine\u2019s resolution is co-sponsored by the Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., in the Senate, and a corresponding resolution sponsored by Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., is set to be considered by the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For procedural reasons, the Senate resolution is not expected to come to the floor until at least Jan. 14, according to Kaine. The House resolution is expected to come up for a debate and vote this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re spending time to try to get votes, and we\u2019re going to have a vote. Everybody\u2019s got to declare,\u201d Kaine said. \u201cI don\u2019t know what the total will be, but I believe from earlier votes there are people who believe in the congressional imperative, that whatever they think of war with Iran that it should be Congress that should decide it rather than the president on his own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate resolution would require the withdrawal of any added armed forces from \u201chostilities\u201d toward Iran within 30 days of its passage, and it emphasizes that the 2002 war authorization used to fight Saddam Hussein\u2019s Iraq does not apply to any action the administration might intend to take against Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though the resolutions put pressure on Republicans, top GOP leaders, such as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have been messaging about the longstanding threat posed by Iran. Trump acted decisively, McConnell said Tuesday, \u201cto remove the chief architect of Tehran\u2019s terrorism from the battlefield.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., called the strike Trump\u2019s \u201cboldest defensive policy decision to date &#8230; in accordance with his authorities as commander-in-chief,\u201d per the U.S. Constitution\u2019s Article II. The strike, Inhofe said, was \u201cnot war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNobody here wants war, but at the same time nobody should want a policy that would leave Americans vulnerable to the whims of Iran&#8217;s terrorist-supporting regime,\u201d Inhofe said. \u201cIf we do that, if we tie the president&#8217;s hands so that he cannot defend American lives, we leave ourselves more vulnerable and, therefore, make war infinitely more likely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20200106_Bestpics_05.JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20200106_Bestpics_05.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20200106_Bestpics_05.JPG.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20200106_Bestpics_05.JPG.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20200106_Bestpics_05.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paratroopers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division walk as they prepare equipment and load aircraft bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. (Spc. Hubert Delany III\/U.S. Army via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, three of the Republicans who supported Kaine\u2019s previous action were not yet aboard. Asked if he was taking the resolution seriously, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, expressed his opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot as written, no,\u201d Lee said. \u201cA lot of the findings of fact [stated in the resolution] really overstate things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lee was among Republican \u201cyeas\u201d when Kaine introduced a since-failed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/06\/26\/deal-to-move-defense-bill-lets-2020-candidates-vote-on-iran\/\" target=_blank>amendment<\/a> to the 2020 defense policy bill that would have barred the U.S. from entering hostilities with Iran unless Congress approved it. The final vote tally was 50-40, but the amendment was not adopted because it did not meet the required 60-vote threshold\u2015much less a veto-proof majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the Republicans who broke with Trump and joined the Democratic minority then, Sen. Susan Collins, of Maine; Sen. Jerry Moran, of Kansas, and Sen. Rand Paul, of Kentucky, have each said they were still considering their positions. Kaine said he was lobbying Republicans and was not immediately sure how many would join him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to hear more about it,\u201d Moran told reporters Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to see the specific language of it,\u201d Collins said. \u201cIn general, I believe Congress has abdicated its responsibilities over the last decade when it comes to [war powers] and the commitment of military troops, but obviously there was to be an exception for when the United States is facing an imminent threat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul told CNN on Monday he was leaning in favor but still examining the resolution, despite the administration\u2019s assertions it was acting to protect against an imminent threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI, in general, have always supported that a declaration of war is necessary,\u201d Paul said. \u201cI think killing a country\u2019s major general is an act of war. I don\u2019t think you can get away with saying it\u2019s imminent. They have been complaining for years about Soleimani.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaine has other possible Republican allies. Sen. Todd Young, of Indiana, introduced a bill with Kaine in March to repeal the 2002 war authorization against Iraq; Young was noncommittal Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t know yet,\u201d Young said of Kaine\u2019s resolution. \u201cI\u2019m visiting with Sen. Kaine today to dive into some of the details and talk through them with him.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The effort to check Trump has other obstacles. Even if a war powers resolution were to pass Congress, it could be vetoed by the president or, as is typical, contain a carve-out to allow a military response to an imminent threat, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., acknowledged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut I think we have no choice to force a debate on the Senate floor, if only to force Republicans to come up with some answers for why they\u2019re not prepared to engage in any more robust checks on this president\u2019s reckless Iran policy,\u201d said Murphy, who is the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think there is value in forcing a debate for the purposes of educating the public. 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