Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are preparing a bipartisan resolution recommending U.S. military strikes on Iran if Iranian-linked factions in the Middle East kill U.S. troops in the region or attack Israel in a manner that significantly divides Israel’s attention from its ongoing military operations against Hamas in Gaza.
In an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union” on Nov. 5, the bipartisan senators explained that their resolution is intended to warn Iran that it will be treated as culpable if its partners in the region widen the ongoing Israel–Hamas war or kill U.S. troops in the region. The legislation that they described would be a nonbinding resolution—known as a “Sense of the Senate” resolution—that expresses the Senate’s support for military strikes on Iran but doesn’t force President Joe Biden to order such strikes.
