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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate blocked a bipartisan war powers resolution led by U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) that would have blocked the use of the U.S. Armed Forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela unless that action has been authorized by Congress. This follows the massive buildup of U.S. military assets in the Caribbean and reporting that the Trump Administration is considering land strikes inside the country. Yesterd...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) introduced the Securing Assurance for Federal Employees (SAFE) Act, legislation to explicitly prohibit the federal government from carrying out reductions in force (RIFs) during a lapse in appropriations. The bill would also reverse RIF actions taken during the current government shutdown. The SAFE Act comes in re...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced the Senate will vote tomorrow on their bipartisan war powers resolution that would block the use of the U.S. Armed Forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela, unless that action has been authorized by Congress. This follows reporting that the Trump Administration is considering land strikes inside the country. “There is no authorization for the use of military force that ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement ahead of the Supreme Court’s first day of hearing oral arguments in cases challenging President Donald Trump’s authority to impose broad-based tariffs on goods imported into the United States: “The Constitution gives Congress the clear authority to impose taxes and duties. But President Trump has relied on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), a law that never once mentions the words ‘tari...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined 29 of his Senate colleagues in pressing the Trump Administration to halt illegal efforts to shut down the Department of Education’s administration and enforcement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which guarantees educational opportunities and protections for individuals with disabilities. The letter follows recent reporting that the Adm...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 51-47 to pass bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), alongside U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rand Paul (R-KY) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), to challenge President Donald Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEPPA) tariffs on global imports. The vote came shortly after newly released inflation data showed that consumer prices rose in September at their fastest pace in eight months,...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rand Paul (R-KY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that the Senate will vote today on their bipartisan resolution to repeal Donald Trump’s global tariffs and restore congressional authority over trade. The binding measure would terminate the emergency that Trump declared in order to slap tariffs of up to 40% on products Americans buy from other countries. In the wake of Trump’s tariff declaration, costs...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As President Trump withholds existing funding for vital nutrition programs, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined their colleagues in introducing the Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act of 2025 to keep the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) funded during the GOP’s government shutdown. Despite having billions of dollars already available to keep SNAP running, the...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 50-46 to pass bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rand Paul (R-KY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Mark R. Warner (D-VA), as well as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), to challenge President Donald Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEPPA) tariffs on Canada. The vote came shortly after newly released inflation data showed that consumer prices rose in September at their fastest pace in eight mo...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, (both D-VA) introduced The Shutdown Student Loans for Feds Act, legislation that would require the Department of Education to pause student loan payments for federal workers – including federal contractors and military personnel – in the event of a federal government shutdown lasting longer than two weeks. If passed, this legislation would take immediate e...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), U.S. Representative James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11), and U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) introduced a resolution commemorating the seventh anniversary of journalist and Northern Virginia resident Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, which was directed by Saudi government officials, and calling for accountability. The members’ resolution also calls for the Government of Saudi Arabia to release wrongfully detained individuals, respect the rights of Sa...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rand Paul (R-KY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Mark R. Warner (D-VA), as well as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), announced that the Senate will vote this evening on their legislation to undo President Donald Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs on Canada. The legislation passed the Senate in a 51-48 vote in April but has not been taken up by the House of Representatives. The legislation needs a sim...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 52-48 to pass bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) to challenge President Donald Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEPPA) tariffs on billions of dollars of goods from Brazil. The vote came shortly after newly released inflation data showed that consumer pr...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement after new data from the Virginia health care marketplace showed that Virginians are facing huge increases in 2026 health care premiums because Republicans are blocking an extension of the enhanced tax credits that have helped keep coverage affordable: “The numbers don’t lie. Preliminary cost estimates are showing what we’ve been warning about for months: huge spikes in premium costs ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), , U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced that the Senate will vote this evening on their bipartisan legislation to challenge President Donald Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEPPA) tariffs on billions of dollars of goods from Brazil. The vote comes shortly after newly released inflation data showed that ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and more than 60 lawmakers in the Senate and House urged the Trump Administration to immediately reinstate any furloughed employees of agencies funded entirely by collected user fees and to resume their paychecks. In the letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought, the lawmakers pointed out that fee-funded agencies are unaffected by the lapse in appropriations caused by this Republican-driven shutdown, and that t...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and 21 of his Senate colleagues introduced legislation to pay all federal employees – both those excepted and furloughed – as well as our servicemembers and federal contractors during the current Republican-led shutdown. The True Shutdown Fairness Act would also prevent the Trump Administration’s attempts at mass firings (Reductions in Force or RIFs) while the government is shut down. The legislation is led by U.S. Senator Chris Van Holl (D...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and 44 Senate colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to release the billions of dollars at its disposal to ensure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits continue in November. “We were deeply disturbed to hear that the USDA has instructed states to stop processing SNAP benefits for November and were surprised by your recent...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and 44 Democratic Senate colleagues sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to reinforce his stated opposition to the State of Israel’s annexation of territory in the West Bank. The letter was sent shortly before Vice President JD Vance traveled to Israel to shore up the ceasefire deal and the Israeli Knesset’s passage of a preliminary reading of a bill to annex the West Bank. President Trump previously expresse...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and the Ranking Member of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women’s Issues, applauded committee passage of several significant pieces of bipartisan legislation to strengthen U.S. alliances, promote rule of law and democratic institutions, and address corruption, violence, and human rights abuse...Continue Reading