Democrats file new war powers resolutions and call for public hearings on Iran strikes

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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.

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.

“Have we learned nothing from the last 25 years of war in the Middle East? Americans do not want their taxpayer dollars funding another potential forever war as they carry the crushing weight of Republicans’ price hikes and health care cuts at home,” the senators said in a joint statement.

“Now is the time for Democrats to use all the leverage we have to try to stop this unnecessary war. [Defense secretary] Pete Hegseth and [secretary of state] Marco Rubio must immediately come before Congress for a public hearing and explain why we’re in this war, how it will end, and why they are prioritizing billions of dollars on an open-ended war instead of lowering costs for American families.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/09/democrats-iran-war-powers-resolutions

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