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War powers. Senators are preparing to force a vote on another war powers resolution, this time centered on Venezuela. The bipartisan resolution, from Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), would require the Trump administration to remove U.S. forces “from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.” The senators filed it Thursday. The move comes after President Donald Trump this week said that he’s authorized the CIA to condu...Continue Reading

Amid a wave of U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean and plans for covert operations in Venezuela, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is leading a bipartisan effort to force a vote to stop President Trump from unilaterally declaring war on the South American nation. Kaine, a longtime proponent of Congress' powers to declare war, filed the resolution late Thursday, a move that will force the Senate to take up the legislation after a 10-day waiting period. Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., c...Continue Reading

As the federal government shutdown stretches into its third week, Virginia’s U.S. senators are backing a bid to shield federal workers and contractors from the fallout. Last week, Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine joined 16 other Senate Democrats in introducing the Federal Employee Civil Relief Act, a bill intended to protect federal employees, federal contractor staff and their families from evictions, foreclosures, repossessions and defaults during a funding lapse. The legislation would halt evi...Continue Reading

Shutdown negotiations can't move forward without President Trump getting more involved in them because "Republicans are afraid to do anything unless the president blesses it," says Sen. Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia. The federal government has been shut down since Oct. 1. Congress has been unable to pass either of two dueling measures proposed by both major parties. Republicans want a clean spending resolution to fund the government for seven weeks. Democrats want to fund the government an...Continue Reading

Washington — Senate Democrats plan to force a vote under the War Powers Act on Wednesday aimed at blocking continued U.S. strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats off the coast of Venezuela. The resolution, led by Sens. Adam Schiff of California and Tim Kaine of Virginia, would block the U.S. military from engaging in hostilities with "any non-state organization engaged in the promotion, trafficking, and distribution of illegal drugs and other related activities" without congressional authorizatio...Continue Reading

A pair of Senate Democrats is responding to a series of unprecedented U.S. military strikes on alleged drug traffickers at sea ordered by President Trump with a plan to force a Senate vote on a war powers resolution blocking the escalated action by the commander in chief. Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., are pushing for the vote despite tough odds for passage as support among Republicans appears limited so far. They argue the White House has not provided evidence to justify the...Continue Reading

One of Virginia’s crown jewels of tourist attractions, the Discovery Space Shuttle, could be blasting off somewhere else as U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine seek to prevent the move from its home in Virginia to Texas. The effort to relocate the space shuttle comes as support has increased for moving it to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, which is considered central to the United States’ human spaceflight program. Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, both from Texas, are...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON (7News) — As the Sept. 30 deadline for federal spending draws near, 7News spoke to Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine about his strong opposition to an OMB directive ordering agencies to prepare for mass firings and a new proposal to scale back flights at Reagan National Airport. Here's a breakdown of the full conversation. OMB Memo Orders Reduction-in-Force Planning Kaine is pushing back forcefully against a recent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo that directs agencies to prepare mass...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON (CBS19 NEWS) -- U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) are calling out President Donald Trump for forcing out Erik Siebert, the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Siebert was reportedly pushed out after he refused to bring criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump critic, due to a lack of evidence. Trump had demanded the charges, but Siebert’s office said it found no grounds to move forward. “Americans are asking f...Continue Reading

Two Senate Democrats, alarmed by a pair of military strikes on Venezuelan boats this month, have filed a joint resolution calling for the United States to stop engaging in hostilities that have not been specifically authorized by Congress. The measure, which was filed on Friday by Senators Adam Schiff of California and Tim Kaine of Virginia, both Democrats, follows military strikes on Sept. 2 and Sept. 15 that killed a total of 14 people. The White House has described the strikes as part of a ca...Continue Reading

Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia joined Democratic colleagues Friday in calling for President Donald Trump to recognize a Palestinian state through a first-of-its-kind resolution in the U.S. Senate. The pronouncement comes as the current war in Gaza approaches its third year and a death toll of 70,000, over 65,000 of which have been Palestinians, according to media reports. The new resolution – led by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and cosponsored by Sens. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., P...Continue Reading

Two U.S. senators are calling on Congress to reduce the number of daily flights at Reagan National Airport, citing new reporting by The Washington Post that detailed serious safety risks tied to the volume of traffic at the airport, including on the night of a fatal Jan. 29 collision between a regional jet and an Army Blackhawk helicopter. “While many risk factors must be reevaluated, Congress needs to start by rolling back the additional flight slots it forcibly crammed into last year’s FAA Rea...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON (September 16, 2025) — In solidarity with PSA Flight Attendants who have been working for over two years without a much-needed pay raise or quality-of-life improvements, Senator Tim Kaine led 14 senators in a letter to call on PSA Airlines CEO Dion Flannery to reach an agreement that acknowledges the vital contributions of these workers. The letter reads in part: “Under the Railway Labor Act, carriers and their employees are expected to make a reasonable effort to create and maintain ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is back again with an old tactic to challenge President Donald Trump on the president's emergency orders to impose tariffs on companies that import foreign goods and boost fossil fuel production at the expense of clean energy industries. Kaine planned to file a resolution Tuesday to renew his objection to tariffs that Trump has filed on products imported from Canada — including potash fertilizer critical to Virginia farmers. He plans to file another one Thursd...Continue Reading

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Virginia U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine and Virginia Rep. Don Beyer are among a group of bipartisan lawmakers that have introduced a bill that would strengthen the public-private partnerships that preserve, maintain, and manage national trails. The Appalachian Trail Centennial Act is inspired by the National Trails System Act of 1968, which has led to the establishment and expansion of thousands of National Recreation Trails—aims to create a cooperative management t...Continue Reading

WISE COUNTY, Va. (WCYB) — Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced $700,000 in federal funding to expand water infrastructure in Wise County. The money comes from the Appalachian Regional Commission supporting the Upper Guest River Sewer Extension Project. The funding will cover construction of 3,000 square feet of new municipal sewer lines, creating 24 new water service connections. The sewer lines will serve 120 community members within the Upper Guest River area. The goal is to i...Continue Reading

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine condemned the Trump administration Monday for beginning the process to cut federal funding from Alexandria City Public Schools and four other Northern Virginia districts over their refusal to change transgender student policies. The senators released a joint statement Monday as the U.S. Department of Education began suspending federal aid to the districts after they rejected demands to rescind policies allowing transgender students to use facilities matching ...Continue Reading

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine dropped by Culpeper County last week for a discussion on agriculture with local farmers, including the long-stalled Farm Bill, which hasn’t been officially renewed by Congress since 2018. The roundtable on August 5 at Belair Dairy Farm covered everything from crop insurance to the decline of local dairy farming along with the impacts of tariffs, international trade, the price of land and the price of commodities not keeping up with inflation. The county’s longtime senior exte...Continue Reading

Alexandria’s congressional delegation joined a chorus of regional lawmakers Monday condemning President Donald Trump’s decision to federalize Washington D.C.’s police department and deploy National Guard troops, with U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine calling the move a “waste of taxpayer dollars” designed to distract from other issues. U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), who represents Alexandria, joined eight other members of the National Capital Region delegation in a statement released hours after Trump’s announc...Continue Reading