Senate

Washington, D.C. — May 22, 2018 — In response to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passing the Young-Shaheen bill regarding the war in Yemen, Paul Kawika Martin, Peace Action’s Senior [...]

Washington, D.C. — May 17, 2018 — In response to the Senate voting to confirm Gina Haspel as C.I.A. Director, Paul Kawika Martin, Peace Action’s Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs, [...]

Washington, D.C. — April 23, 2018 — In response to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee narrowly voting to recommend Mike Pompeo for the role of Secretary of State, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior [...]

We have a very real opportunity to help end what the United Nations has deemed “the largest humanitarian crisis in the world.” For nearly 3 years, the U.S. has supported a military coalition led [...]

Washington, D.C. — February 28, 2017 — Today, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Mike Lee (R-UT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) introduced bipartisan legislation that would remove U.S. forces from [...]

(This post has been updated to include more recent endorsements) Few would disagree that this is a critical election year. With a good chance for Democrats to take back the Senate and an [...]

Washington, DC — September 23, 2016 — Peace Action, the nation’s largest peace organization, made the following statement in response to today’s first-ever CTBT resolution (number 2310) passed by [...]

Today, 27 Senators defied one of the most powerful and wealthy lobbies in Washington, the arms industry, by supporting S.J.Res.39, a resolution to block the administration’s proposed sale of [...]

Today, Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Rand Paul (R-KY), Al Franken (D-MN), and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation, S.J.Res. 39, to block the administration’s proposed sale of $1.15 billion [...]

Update: Tim Kaine is now officially Hillary Clinton’s running mate. Earlier this month, Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) spearheaded a letter signed by 13 other senators – including Sen. Tim Kaine [...]