March 13 (UPI) -- Senate Democrats filed a war powers resolution Friday to stop President Donald Trump from starting a war with Cuba without approval from Congress.
Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif., filed the resolution. It could get a vote by the end of the month.
Trump has recently threatened Cuba, saying the United States could carry out a "friendly" or "not friendly takeover" of the island nation, which has had tensions with the United States since the 1959 revolution that made Fidel Castro its communist leader.
"When will President Trump understand that Americans want lower prices, not more unnecessary wars? Only Congress has the power to declare war under the Constitution, but he operates with the belief that the U.S. military is a palace guard, ordering military action in the Caribbean, Venezuela and Iran without Congress' authorization or any explanation for his actions to the American people," Kaine said in a statement. "We shouldn't risk our sons and daughters' lives at the whims of any one person."
Democrats have tried to pass war powers resolutions recently to prevent Trump from attacking countries such as Venezuela and Iran, but they've been repeatedly dismissed by Congressional Republicans.
