His. Tim Kaine
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Kaine, who expressed frustration that Congress would not receive any advance notice President Biden
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“I firmly believe, and this goes back to the wording of the Constitution and the first knowledge that is made of it, is that if a president defends against an ongoing attack or an imminent attack, the president has a certain unilateral power and that is “But the idea of offending groups is where you should traditionally go to Congress,” he said.
The senator said he was “not notified at all” about the Syrian strike and that there were also “not many people” in Congress who should have been consulted.
Kaine also sponsored a joint resolution aimed at eliminating the U.S. military from hostilities against Iranian forces that have not been authorized by Congress. President Trump
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Last week, Biden ordered airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias in Syria that hit “multiple facilities” and killed about two dozen people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Pentagon described the attack as “proportionate” and “defensive” after US forces were attacked with rockets in Iraq, killing a civilian contractor.
“This is the beginning of an administration, and it is an administration where, since President Biden was the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that has jurisdiction over war powers, he should understand more than the majority. , more than virtually anyone, that Article I the branch should play a role here, so I will insist on that, ”said Kaine, referring to the legislative branch.
Kaine said Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday is “likely to introduce a bipartisan resolution with Republican colleagues repealing the two Iraqi authorizations, the First Gulf War and then Iraq 02.”
“Congress does not repeal these things. We pass them and simply float to use them; they can be used mischievously to justify actions long after the original crisis has passed, ”he said.
He said the first step is to “repeal unnecessary authorizations” for the use of military force, such as the two resolutions passed by Congress against Iraq, and then work to update and reform the 2001 authorization. on the use of military force against “those nations, organizations or individuals” who planned, authorized or aided the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
The 2001 clearance was used to send U.S. troops to Afghanistan in October of that year, and the military conflict against al-Qaeda and the Taliban has spread to other countries such as Pakistan, Syria, Somalia, Libya and Yemen.
Kaine says the “third step” is to update the Powers of War Act of 1974.
“This case shows us that the Powers of War Act of 1974 is not enough to require consultation, so I have a bill to rewrite the Powers of War Act which is a long-term reform that I think we will also introduce in the first of the year with fellow Republicans, ”he said.
Kaine said he expects to speak Tuesday afternoon with Biden administration officials about last week’s strike.
“I think I’ll talk to them later today,” he said.
Kaine said he received the same letter that all his comrades received two days later informing them of the strike.
“I was like everyone else in the country, I found out in the news. I am a member of the Armed Services and External Relations Committee[s]. I don’t think I should learn it that way, ”he said.
“We’ll probably have some sort of information with the White House about that,” he said.