Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strip Biden and Future Presidents of Authorization to Use

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Force in Middle East

Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Sen. Todd Young, a Republican from Indiana, presented the measure, which would repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolutions enacted in 1991 and 2002. It would not repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force resolution enacted in 2001 in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

According to the legislation “recent presidential administrations have maintained that the 2002 AUMF only serves to ‘reinforce’ any legal authority to combat ISIS provided by the [2001] Authorization for Use of Military Force,” therefore the 1991 and 2002 resolutions are “not independently required to authorize any such activities.”

The last time the U.S. actually declared “war,” thus giving the president unencumbered use of the entire U.S. military, was during World War II in 1942. All subsequent “wars” such as those in Vietnam, the Gulf, and Iraq were fought under narrow authorizations granted to the commander in chief through AUMFs.

According to a 2018 memo from the Congressional Research Service (CRS), despite the 2001 AUMF being crafted to target those responsible for 9/11, U.S. presidents have relied on it to justify more than 40 military operations in 19 different countries.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senators-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-strip-biden-and-future-presidents-of-authorization-to-use-force-in-middle-east/ar-BB1edajL?li=BBnb7Kz

But the GOP was just fine with this when it was Bush and Trump deploying our forces.

[dhill926]

1. repubs will just reinstitute it if they ever regain power...

[tirebiter]

2. Just repeal the AUMF.

The next Repub will not include Congress. Schiff was pushing for this in his first term. Obama, who relied on it to make policy, agreed with Schiff at the time.