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Date: Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Subject: going to war in Iran
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From: Public Citizen <president_at_citizen_org_vbx991bfkpzfde_598y2092@icloud.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Subject: going to war in Iran
To: Hide My Email <remits-remnant-0v@icloud.com>
Donald Trump seems hell-bent on going to war in Iran.
Congress has a tool — the War Powers Resolution — to proactively limit military action against another country without congressional approval. (The name can be confusing. Passing a "War Powers Resolution" is a way for Congress to prevent a president from unilaterally declaring war against a particular country. It is not something that gives a president war powers.)
By the way, the law establishing the War Powers Resolution was passed in 1973 with bipartisan support in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. In fact, that bipartisan support was so widespread that it was enough to override a veto by President Richard Nixon.
Tell Congress:
Pass a War Powers Resolution without delay to prevent the Trump regime from taking military action against Iran unless explicitly authorized by Congress.
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For peace,
- Robert Weissman & Lisa Gilbert, Co-Presidents of Public Citizen
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- Maybe he's just pretending. But counting on Trump to be some kind of strategic mastermind or exhibit any kind of restraint would be downright foolish.
- And his regime has already demonstrated its unfortunate willingness — even eagerness — to carry out illegal military strikes in international waters and in numerous foreign countries.
- The reality is that Trump is desperate.
- The man is doing increasingly outlandish (and illegal) things in the hope of distracting the American people from his scandals and failures. Over and over and over again.
- Trump is also trying to make his dictatorial fantasies come true.
- Be very clear, every time Trump takes illegal military action somewhere else — in international waters, in Nigeria, in Venezuela, in Iran, anywhere — we are one step closer to the regime using military force against the American people, on American soil.
Congress has a tool — the War Powers Resolution — to proactively limit military action against another country without congressional approval. (The name can be confusing. Passing a "War Powers Resolution" is a way for Congress to prevent a president from unilaterally declaring war against a particular country. It is not something that gives a president war powers.)
By the way, the law establishing the War Powers Resolution was passed in 1973 with bipartisan support in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. In fact, that bipartisan support was so widespread that it was enough to override a veto by President Richard Nixon.
Tell Congress:
Pass a War Powers Resolution without delay to prevent the Trump regime from taking military action against Iran unless explicitly authorized by Congress.
Click to add your name now.
Thanks for taking action.
For peace,
- Robert Weissman & Lisa Gilbert, Co-Presidents of Public Citizen
