Senate Majority Chief John Thune (R-SD) argued Tuesday that it’s too early for Congress to think about laws that goals to stop President Trump from utilizing navy drive towards Iran.
“I think we’re getting the cart ahead of the horse here,” Thune informed reporters on Capitol Hill when requested if he would permit a warfare powers decision to come back up for a vote on the Senate flooring.
“This is something that’s happened the last few days,” the South Dakota Republican stated of the escalating battle between Iran and Israel. “I think the president is perfectly within his authority in the steps that he has taken.”
Ought to the battle “extend for some period of time,” Thune added, “there could be a more fulsome discussion about what the role of Congress should be and whether or not we need to take action.”
Thune indicated that his most well-liked end result can be for Iran to simply accept Trump’s demand that it scrap its nuclear program.
“Let’s hope and pray for the best outcome, the best solution, and in my view that would be Iran coming to the negotiating table and agreeing to end their nuclear program,” he stated.
The Trump administration maintains that it has not been serving to Israel perform its newest navy operations towards Iran, however the president’s rhetoric towards the Islamic Republic and Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei notably heightened on Tuesday, and he’s reportedly being urged by Israel to help in destroying Tehran’s below-ground Fordow nuclear facility.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) launched laws on Monday that he hopes will “prevent war with 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,” Kaine, a member of the Senate International Relations Committee, stated in an announcement. “I am deeply concerned that the recent escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran could quickly pull the United States into another endless conflict.”
“The American people have no interest in sending servicemembers to fight another forever war in the Middle East,” he added. “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.”

Within the Home, members of the far-left “Squad” of Democratic lawmakers have endorsed companion laws being sponsored by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).
“The Constitution does not permit the executive branch to unilaterally commit an act of war against a sovereign nation that hasn’t attacked the United States,” Massie stated in an announcement. “Congress has the sole power to declare war against Iran.”
“The ongoing war between Israel and Iran is not our war,” the Kentucky Republican added. “Even if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution.”
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Summer time Lee (D-Pa.) and Ayanna Presley (D-Mass.) are amongst greater than a dozen Democratic lawmakers backing Massie’s warfare powers push.
No Republican members of Congress have co-signed Massie’s laws.