Demand Congress Vote on the Iran War Before More Troops Die

Seventeen Americans have died in a war that Congress never formally authorized.

A letter to your members of Congress. Facts checked July 19, 2026.

The Letter

Subject 17 Americans dead — Congress must vote on this war now

Seventeen American service members have died since the United States entered the war with Iran on February 28, 2026. The latest was just yesterday — a soldier killed in northern Iraq while disposing of unexploded ordnance from an Iranian drone. That is someone's son, someone's parent, someone's neighbor. And Congress has never voted on whether to send them there.

That is the problem I need you to fix. Under the Constitution, Congress — not the President — declares war. The War Powers Resolution exists for exactly this moment. Nearly five months into active combat operations, with troops dying in Iraq, with U.S. forces involved in operations near the Strait of Hormuz, my representative has not been asked to cast a single vote on this war. I don't know how you feel about the conflict itself, but every American should agree that our troops deserve a Congress that owns this decision, not one that lets it happen in the background.

I'm asking you to demand a formal congressional vote to authorize — or end — U.S. military involvement in the Iran war. Our service members are putting their lives on the line. The least Congress can do is go on the record.

Send Your Letter

Resistbot

Copy the letter above and fax, email, or mail it to your state or federal representatives.

Text RESIST to 50409 to get started

Send via Resistbot

Democracy.io

Copy the letter above and email it to your House and Senate members.

Free tool from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Federal officials only.

Send via Democracy.io

Call Your Representative

U.S. Capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121

Hi, my name is [NAME] and I'm a constituent from [CITY]. I'm calling about the war with Iran. Seventeen U.S. service members have died since February, including one just yesterday in Iraq.
Congress has never voted to authorize this war. That's not how it's supposed to work. The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, and right now that responsibility is being ignored.
I'm not calling to tell the Representative how to vote on the war itself. I'm asking for a vote — a real, on-the-record debate and authorization vote in Congress before more troops die without anyone in this building being held accountable.
My representative works for me, and I want to know they're doing their job on the most serious decision a government can make. I vote, and this matters to me.

Calls get logged by topic. Volume drives the briefing.

See every letter you can send