Jennifer Shutt, Pennsylvania Capital-Star U.S. senators revoked their approval for the Gulf and Iraq wars on Wednesday, taking a broadly bipartisan vote to repeal the Authorizations for Use of Military Force that have stayed on the books years after the two wars ended. The 66-30 vote sends the measure to the …
Read More »Senate Moves Toward Repealing Authority For Military Force Against Iraq
Jennifer Shutt, Florida Phoenix The U.S. Senate took a broadly bipartisan vote Thursday to advance legislation that would end the 32-year-old and the 20-year-old Authorizations for Use of Military Force against Iraq. The 68-27 vote moves the measure past the chamber’s 60-vote legislative filibuster and towards a final passage vote as soon …
Read More »Senate Set To End ‘Forever Wars’ Authorization
The United States Senate will take an important step towards repealing a decades-old authorization of presidential war powers this week, as an effort to reassert Congress’ authority appears to have growing support. “Both Democrats and Republicans have come to the same conclusion: we need to put the Iraq war squarely …
Read More »US Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to End Authorizations for ‘Horrific Forever Wars’
Six U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday to terminate a pair of longstanding authorizations for past wars on Iraq, reviving an ongoing effort to reaffirm Congress’ role in deciding whether to approve the use of military force. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Abigail …
Read More »House Votes To Repeal 1991, 1957 War Authorizations
The House voted on Tuesday to repeal a pair of decades-old war authorizations. A 1991 authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) in Iraq and a 1957 authorization for military action in the Middle East was repealed with bipartisan support in a 355-46 vote. The repeals come on the …
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