Washington DC, Aug. 8 -- Amid mounting casualties, soaring commodity prices, and a widening foreign policy debate, a group of Senate Democrats led by Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper officially introduced a joint resolution on Friday to force an end to unauthorised United States military involvement against Iran.

The bipartisan-backed push--designated as SJRes. 211--invokes Congress's constitutional authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 11, which grants the legislative branch the sole power to declare war. The measure directs the immediate removal of U.S. Armed Forces from "hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorised by Congress."

Announcing the measure in a sharp social media post o...