The anti war coalition appears

Efforts to reassert congressional power in American involvement abroad can bring together strange bedfellows — in this case, a host of leading progressives and a conservative hard-liner who is a frequent thorn in GOP leaders’ sides. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) has proposed a similar resolution in the Senate, though he has yet to announce any Republican cosponsors.

Joining Khanna as co-sponsors, Massie said, are Democratic Reps. Don Beyer of Virginia, Greg Casar of Texas, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nydia Velázquez of New York, Lloyd Doggett of Texas, Chuy Garcia and Delia Ramirez of Illinois, Pramila Jayapal of Washington, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania, Jim McGovern and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.

Some pro-Israel lawmakers have already come out against the resolution. “If AOC and Massie are a yes, that’s a good bet that I’ll be a no,” moderate New York Rep. Mike Lawler said Monday, referring to Ocasio-Cortez.

Khanna previously said the resolution would come up as “privileged,” meaning leaders would be forced to take it up on the floor — forcing a vote on Trump’s powers that Speaker Mike Johnson would likely prefer to avoid. Republican leaders could move to short-circuit the effort in the House Rules Committee, as they did with previous Democratic efforts to reverse Trump’s global tariffs.

Who is Donald Trump more likely to listen to about starting World War III – Tim Kaine or Laura Loomer?

Kaine, our junior U.S. senator, spoke on the Senate floor Tuesday night in support of his proposed war powers resolution that would require U.S. participation in offensive hostilities against Iran to be explicitly authorized by Congress through a declaration of war or specific authorization for use of military force.

“There’s no part of the Constitution that’s more important than the Article 1 provision making plain that the United States should not be at war without a vote of Congress, yet the news of the day suggests that we are potentially on the verge of a war with Iran,” Kaine said.