Bernie Sanders announces bill to block funds for war against Iran

[Uncle Joe]

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) followed an angry attack on Donald Trump’s ordered airstrike assassination of Iran’s top military commander with the announcement of a new bill to block funding for a war against Iran — unless Congress approves.

Sanders announced the bill at a campaign stop Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa. The measure, which will be introduced with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), would “prohibit” any federal funding of any offensive military action in or against Iran “without congressional authorization,” he said.

“If Congress wants to go to war, let Congress have the guts to vote for war,” Sanders challenged. Otherwise, lawmakers must block such action, he urged. “Do not let this president take unilateral action.”

“Our founding fathers gave the responsibility over war not to the president, but to Congress,” Sanders declared. “That is very clear in the Constitution. And in my view, Congress must, must act in the face of a president who has shown time and time again that he cannot be relied upon to tell us the truth, or to make well thought-out decisions.”

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https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/01/05/bernie-sanders-announces-bill-to-block-funds-for-war-against-iran/23893658/

There is a video on the link.

[brooklynite]

1. If Sanders is a "leader" he'll be able to get it passed.

Otherwise you might mistake it for meaningless symbolism.

[totodeinhere]

4. Bernie would need to get four of his Republican colleagues in the Senate

to go along with this assuming he doesn't lose any votes in his own caucus.

[Uncle Joe]

5. The way I see it,

doing nothing is meaningless.

[Joe941]

2. This is true leadership people.

[mysteryowl]

3. Sounds good!

[booley]

6. Thanks for the post