WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
This week, six additional U.S. Democratic Senators-Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Andy Kim (D-NJ)-will join Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) in filing War Powers resolutions that can be used to force a vote to stop Trump's unjustified war in Iran.
War Powers resolutions are privileged, meaning they can be brought to the Senate floor for a vote by any Senator 10 calendar days after they are filed. Over the past several weeks, the group has forced votes on War Powe...