Statement on Kaine Venezuela Bill Advancing

Washington, DC – Today, in response to the Senate advancing Senator Kaine’s War Powers Resolution, Max Rose, Afghanistan War Veteran and Senior Advisor to VoteVets, released the following statement:

“The dam has broken. Today, a stunning bipartisan majority in the Senate rebuked Donald Trump’s unilateral wars. They stood up and said that Trump does not have the authority to use our military any which way he wants, and if he wants to go further, he’ll have to come to Congress to allow Americans to have their say. It is sad that it has come to the point where a simple affirmation of the ‘declare war’ clause of the Constitution is news, but it is nonetheless a good day when Republicans join Democrats in telling Donald Trump that this is not ‘his military’ as much as he wants it to be his. It belongs to America.”