Senators say Trump allies such as Hegseth and Rubio should be forced to testify to Congress on ‘unnecessary war’
Democratic senators have filed a wave of new war powers resolutions as they call on Republicans to convene public hearings into the US hostilities with Iran or be forced to vote on continuing a conflict that polls show majorities of Americans do not support.
Late last week, Democrats Cory Booker of New Jersey, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Adam Schiff of California, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Chris Murphy of Connecticut filed resolutions under the War Powers Act that would force the US military to withdraw from the war with Iran unless Congress votes to authorize the engagement.
The GOP-controlled Senate and House of Representatives blocked similar resolutions last week, largely along party lines, as Republican leaders argued that Donald Trump was acting within his authority when the United States attacked Iran alongside Israel at the end of February.
Aides to the Democratic senators say the goal of these latest resolutions is to push the Senate majority leader John Thune into convening public hearings with cabinet secretaries involved in the war effort, or the chamber will be forced to debate and vote on the resolutions in the following weeks.
