Today, the Senate is scheduled to take a key procedural vote on repealing a pair of decades-old authorizations for the use of military force against Iraq. Follow along for live updates.
for the use of military force against Iraq, a move that advocates argue is long overdue to put a check on the White House and assert the role of Congress in declaring war. The bipartisan legislation, championed by Sens. Tim Kaine and Todd C. Young , would repeal the 1991 Persian Gulf War authorization and the 2002 Iraq War authorization.
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