f{"id":49199,"date":"2026-07-15T11:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=49199"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:57:09","slug":"end-this-illegal-war-senate-dems-set-to-block-trump-military-budget-over-renewed-iran-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/end-this-illegal-war-senate-dems-set-to-block-trump-military-budget-over-renewed-iran-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018End This Illegal War\u2019: Senate Dems Set to Block Trump Military Budget Over Renewed Iran Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/us-sen-tammy-duckworth.jpg?id=67154597&amp;width=1200&amp;height=400&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=0%2C927%2C0%2C741\" alt=\"US Sen. Tammy Duckworth\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill) speaks during a press conference on the Iran war and its impact on gas prices outside the US Capitol on May 20, 2026 in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0(Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cSimply throwing more money at an out-of-control military operation is not strategy,\u201d said Sen. Tammy Duckworth.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/jake-johnson\">Jake Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jul 14, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Democrats appeared set to block President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;and the Republican Party\u2019s sprawling, $1.15 trillion annual military policy bill in a procedural vote scheduled for Tuesday after the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/white-house\">White House<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-tries-to-restart-clock-on-iran-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">formally notified lawmakers<\/a>&nbsp;of an extension of its illegal Iran war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said she would oppose advancing the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) unless lawmakers agree to attach her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/119\/crec\/2026\/06\/22\/172\/104\/CREC-2026-06-22-pt1-PgS3019-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">amendment<\/a>&nbsp;prohibiting any of the bill\u2019s funds from going toward the war on Iran. Duckworth said in a statement that \u201csimply throwing more money at an out-of-control military operation is not strategy. It\u2019s a recipe for a forever war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RECOMMENDED&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/senate-dems-block-ndaa\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/sen-sanders-holds-press-conference-on-arms-sales-to-israel-ahead-of-wednesday-s-vote.jpg?id=67157082&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=833%2C0%2C833%2C0\" alt=\"Sen. Sanders Holds Press Conference On Arms Sales To Israel Ahead Of Wednesday's Vote\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/senate-dems-block-ndaa\">Senators Block $1.15 Trillion Pentagon Bill Over Trump\u2019s Illegal Iran War, Israel Integration<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-bombed-iran\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/senators-sanders-and-lee-discuss-bill-to-abolish-super-pac-s.jpg?id=67115118&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=333%2C0%2C334%2C0\" alt=\"Senators Sanders And Lee Discuss Bill To Abolish Super PAC's\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-bombed-iran\">\u2018End This War\u2019: Progressives in Congress Blast Trump\u2019s Return to Bombing Iran<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Senate cannot authorize $1.14 trillion in defense spending\u2014the largest defense&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/budget\">budget<\/a>&nbsp;ever proposed in our nation\u2019s history\u2014for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;to continue his illegal and disastrous war that Americans do not want,\u201d Duckworth added. \u201cThe stakes couldn\u2019t be higher, and I cannot support a defense authorization bill that doesn\u2019t include my amendment to end this illegal war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The procedural vote on the NDAA is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenateCloakroom\/status\/2076807225784619293\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scheduled for 2:40 pm ET<\/a>, and it needs 60 votes to advance\u2014requiring the support of some Senate Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who spearheaded earlier efforts to halt Trump\u2019s Iran war using the War Powers Act,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AnthonyAdragna\/status\/2076817148500906041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told reporters<\/a>&nbsp;on Monday that \u201cit\u2019ll probably be hard to get there this week,\u201d referring to the 60-vote threshold needed to advance the NDAA. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), who is seen as a critical swing vote, said Monday that she\u2019s \u201cundecided\u201d on the legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/chris-murphy\">Chris Murphy<\/a>&nbsp;(D-Conn.)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisMurphyCT\/status\/2076687092512366765\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;he would vote no, calling the NDAA \u201cessentially an Iran war authorization bill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA totally unprecedented 50% increase in spending to fund the war without any meaningful restraints,\u201d Murphy wrote on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/social-media\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just Foreign Policy, an anti-war advocacy organization, said Monday that no senator who has supported legislative efforts to end the Iran war should back additional funding for the military as long as the illegal conflict continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe ceasefire has collapsed, US bombs are falling on Iran again, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/oil\">oil<\/a>&nbsp;prices are climbing&#8230; all after Americans were told this war was over,\u201d the group wrote in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/letters\/tell-congress-no-war-bills-until-trump-ends-the-illegal-war-on-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new petition<\/a>&nbsp;urging lawmakers to \u201cdefend the Constitution, stop the Iran war, and vote NO on the NDAA.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCongress has additional leverage to force compliance: the power of the purse,\u201d the petition continued. \u201cIf members block the NDAA&#8230; and reject any Iran war supplemental\u2014Trump cannot ignore them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the $1.15 trillion NDAA, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/trump-administration\">Trump administration<\/a>&nbsp;is pushing for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.24-Letter-to-the-Honorable-Mike-Johnson.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at least $67 billion<\/a>&nbsp;in supplemental&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/pentagon\">Pentagon<\/a>&nbsp;funding to \u201caddress urgent needs related to\u201d the Iran war, which is now in its fourth month despite the president\u2019s insistence in late March that it would be over \u201cwithin two to three weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late last week, Trump&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-tries-to-restart-clock-on-iran-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">formally notified Congress<\/a>&nbsp;of new \u201cstrikes against targets within Iran,\u201d insisting the attacks were \u201cconsistent with\u201d the War Powers Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Critics accused the president, who has never sought congressional authorization for the war, of cynically trying to restart the 1973 law\u2019s 60-day clock after declaring the ceasefire with Iran \u201cover.\u201d The War Powers Act&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/crs-product\/R47603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">requires<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cautomatic termination of the use of US forces engaged in hostilities 60 days after the president has reported (or was required to report) on the use of force.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAny assertion by the Trump administration that he gets 60 more days to act without Congress has no foundation in law,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schiff.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/news-sen-schiff-files-new-war-powers-resolution-after-collapse-of-u-s-iran-ceasefire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who on Monday unveiled a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schiff.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Iran-WPR-post-MOU.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new war powers resolution<\/a>&nbsp;aimed at ending the president\u2019s assault on Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy forcing a new vote to end this war, we make it clear that Congress insists on the removal of troops from the region barring an authorization of force accompanied by a truly viable strategy\u2014both of which have been lacking,\u201d Schiff added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). 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