December 3, 2025 - Filing of resolution comes after President Trump said that land operations would begin “very soon” · WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Rand Paul (R-KY), Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) filed a War Powers Resolution to block the use of the U.S.

Summary of S.J.Res.59 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.

1 day ago - Kaine vowed to force votes on war powers resolutions that would apply to a number of potential military conflicts, including Greenland.

1 week ago - Ruben Gallego said he is working on a resolution “to block Trump from invading Greenland.” · “We must stop him before he invades another country on a whim,” Gallego wrote on X. “No more forever wars.” · Kaine also said Wednesday that a resolution on Greenland would soon be filed, in addition to Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Nigeria.

Mr. KAINE introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and

November 9, 2025 - Resolved by the Senate and House ... SECTION 1. Findings. ... (1) Congress has the sole power to declare war under article I, section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution....

The resolution underscores that Congress has the sole power to declare war, as laid out in the Constitution. The resolution requires that any hostilities with Iran must be explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or specific authorization ...

June 23, 2025 - Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said he and his colleagues want to see what comes out of their classified briefing Tuesday before scheduling a vote on his war powers resolution, which could come as soon as Wednesday.

June 17, 2025 - "This resolution will ensure that ... to the statement, the war powers resolution underscores that Congress has "the sole power" to declare war, as laid out in the Constitution....

June 17, 2025 - In 2018, Kaine wrote a piece in ... Kaine’s bipartisan war powers resolution to prevent further escalation of hostilities with Iran without congressional authorization....

5 days ago - Senator Tim Kaine (D–VA) had already introduced a resolution to prevent the U.S. Armed Forces or any part of the government to use hostilities against Iran. Senator Bernie Sanders (I–VT) and Representative Ro Khanna (D–CA) introduced an ...

1 week ago - “My bipartisan resolution stipulating that we should not be at war with Venezuela absent a clear congressional authorization will come up for a vote next week,” Kaine said in a statement.

5 days ago - Senator Kaine’s measure invokes the 1983 statute. The 1993 Justice Department memo acknowledged that using a joint resolution to force a president to withdraw troops — presumably by first overriding an inevitable presidential veto — would be “a legitimate exercise of Congress’s war powers.”

Summary of S.J.Res.68 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.

June 17, 2025 - Tim Kaine introduces resolution to prohibit US forces from taking action against Iran without approval from Congress

June 17, 2025 - Thomas Massie (R-KY) announces that he has introduced a bipartisan War Powers Resolution to prohibit "United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran."

June 17, 2025 - exchange blows, accelerating prospects for another major conflict in the region, Sen. Tim Kaine (D - Va.) is introducing a · war powers resolution that would force a Senate floor debate and vote prior to any use of U.S.