United States President George W. Bush (L) speaks prior to signing the joint congressional resolution licensing United States usage of force versus Iraq if required, 16 October 2002, at the White House in Washington, DC. From L are House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL), Secretary of State Colin Powell and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
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The House voted Thursday to reverse the 2002 permission for war in Iraq as Congress relocates to check governmental discretion on utilizing military force.
The chamber passed the procedure by a 268-161 margin. Forty-9 Republicans signed up with all however one Democrat in supporting it.
The expense heads to the Senate, where the GOP will be divided over whether to support it. The chamber’s Foreign Relations Committee prepares to move on next week with its own strategy to withdraw the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
President Joe Biden supports the House expense to reverse the Iraq War permission. His Office of Management and Budget stated today that “the United States has no ongoing military activities that rely solely on the 2002 AUMF as a domestic legal basis, and repeal of the 2002 AUMF would likely have minimal impact on current military operations.”
Lawmakers from both celebrations have actually fretted that leaving the permission in location will offer presidents a legal backstop to validate unassociated military strikes. The Iraq War ended almost a years back.
The House enacted January 2020 to reverse the procedure after the U.S. introduced an airstrike in Iraq that eliminated Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani. The Senate, then held by Republicans, did not pass the expense. The Trump administration mentioned the permission procedure as the legal basis for the airstrike.
(R) Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) hold a press conference important at the U.S. Capitol October 4, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., led the legislation the House passed Thursday. A long time antiwar supporter, Lee was the only House member to vote versus the 2001 war permission in Afghanistan.
“This authority remains on the books, vulnerable to misuse because the Congress has not acted to remove it,” Lee stated on the House flooring Thursday.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., stated Wednesday he wishes to hold a vote on withdrawing the Iraq permission this year. He stated ditching the permission will “eliminate the danger of a future administration reaching back into the legal dustbin to use it as a justification for military adventurism.”Â
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., signified Thursday he would oppose rescinding the war permission in spite of some assistance for doing so within his caucus.
U.S. Army soldiers from first Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force-Iraq, guy a protective position at Forward Operating Base Union III in Baghdad, Iraq, December 31, 2019.
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“The fact of the matter is, the legal and practical application of the 2002 AUMF extends far beyond the defeat of Saddam Hussein’s regime,” he stated. “Tossing it aside without answering real questions about our own efforts in the region is reckless.”
Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Todd Young, R-Ind., have actually led the effort to withdraw the procedure in the Senate.
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