The House is voting to repeal the 2002 war authorization in Iraq, and Chuck Schumer made it clear the Senate will follow suit.
The House is expected to pass a bill to revoke the Iraq resolution on Thursday. Rep. Barbara Lee, a California Democrat and the only House member to vote against the 2001 war authorization in Afghanistan, is the plan's lead sponsor.
"Furthermore, the President is committed to working with the Congress to ensure that outdated authorizations for the use of military force are replaced with a narrow and specific framework appropriate to ensure that we can continue to protect Americans from terrorist threats," the OMB continued. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to move forward with a bipartisan bill to repeal the 2002 Iraq War authorization, along with a separate 1991 AUMF passed ahead of the Gulf War, next week. Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Todd Young, R-Ind., led the measure.
In a statement Wednesday, Kaine said "so much has changed" since both war authorizations were passed, adding that committee action toward repealing them represents "a widespread desire to not keep old war authorizations on the books.
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