President Biden
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The military action sparked grievances from Democrats who say they were not properly consulted about the strikes and questioned where Biden took authority, something the White House says depends on its powers as commander-in-chief.
The debate over the war powers will have repercussions beyond just Syria, but senators say it stresses that while the administration has changed since the last time the issue was in the spotlight, the need for action by Congress no.
“Last week’s airstrikes in Syria show that the executive branch, regardless of the party, will continue to extend its powers of war,” the senator said. Tim Kaine
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Attempts to curb a president’s war authorities often divide the two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue and are a landmine of competitive and conflicting interests: presidents do not want to relinquish power, with Republicans often suspicious of military restrictions in general, while Congress has increasingly ceded its powers in recent decades.
“I think the problem is mainly within these walls. I think you really have to define who the American enemies are today and Congress … in general you don’t want to participate in this work, so I think over the years Congress has become accustomed to outsourcing these decisions. ” , said Sen. Chris Murphy
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Kaine and Sen. Todd Young
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It is not the first time Congress has tried to revoke authorizations decades ago. Kaine and Young introduced similar legislation in 2019, but languished on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The House voted last year to revoke the 2002 authorization and attracted a veto threat to Trump. The move did not advance the Republican-controlled Senate.
Although the 2002 law was authorized to invade Iraq, then-President Obama cited it as a legal justification for action in Syria against ISIS, and the Trump administration initially cited it for strikes. against Iran.
Kaine said he communicated his bill to the White House during a call Monday evening and sent them a copy, which he described as open to debate.
“I’m happy to say that the White House seems really willing to participate,” he told The Hill.
Asked about the dividing lines between branches of government, Kaine predicted that “we will meet again.”
“The reason I think I could go somewhere now is that you have a number of Republicans who I think were interested in the position last time, but who didn’t want to cross Trump,” he added.
Five chairmen of the House committee also sent a letter to Biden earlier this year urging him to support the 2002 authorization and reform of the 2001 law that was passed to fight al-Qaeda.
In a symbolic victory, Democrats who have long insisted on revoking or renewing military authorities included the language included in the 2020 party platform that pledged to work with Congress to repeal the AUMF and ” replace them with a narrow, specific framework “.
secretary of state Anthony Blink
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“For some the porridge is too hot, for others the porridge is too cold. And can we reach a consensus on what is right? But I would be determined and committed to working on it, ”he said.
An impetus to reform the 2001 permit could be more politically complicated.
Kaine said he was in discussions with senators about ideas on how to reform the permit, which was drafted to take military action against those who “planned, authorized, committed or aided the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. “. But since 2001, it has been extended to green light operations, which critics say have little or no connection to 9/11.
“We are participating in a rewrite of 01. … But we still have no proposal,” Kaine said.
Murphy said Congress should work closely with the Biden administration on how to rewrite the 2001 authorization, but noted it would be “complicated.”
“What I think we should do is bring to light the 2001 AUMF, in part as a mandatory mechanism for writing a new permit,” he said.
Murphy predicted that divisions would fall along party lines and less than a gap between a democratic administration and congressional Democrats.
“Historically there hasn’t been much Republican interest in rewriting the 2001 AUMF,” Murphy said.
But Murphy said there are bipartisan talks going on, including with the senator. Mike Lee
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“There are a few that we talked about along the corridor about reforming the war powers,” he said. “Mike Lee and I have been … talking about the whole statue of the war powers, which obviously needs an upgrade.”