President Biden
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The military action has sparked Democrats who say they have not been properly consulted on the strikes and have questioned where it has drawn Biden authority, which the White House says falls under its command as commander-in-chief.
The debate over military powers will have repercussions beyond just Syria, but senators say they point out that while the administration has changed since the issue was in the spotlight, there has been no need for congressional action.
“Last week’s airstrikes in Syria show that the executive branch, regardless of party, will continue to extend its powers of war,” Sen said. Tim Kaine
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Attempts to control the war by the authorities frequently divide the two ends of Pennsylvania Boulevard and are a landmine of competing and conflicting interests: presidents are willing to relinquish power, with Republicans often wary of military restrictions in general, while Congress has given up. more and more its powers in recent decades.
“I think the problem is mainly inside these walls. I think it has been necessary to define who America’s enemies are today and Congress … it generally doesn’t want to get involved in that work, so I think over the years, Congress has been very used to outsourcing those decisions. ” said Sen. Chris Murphy
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Kaine and Sen. Todd Young
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This is not the first time Congress has tried to repeal decades-old permits. Kaine and Young introduced similar legislation in 2019, but disappeared on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The chamber voted last year to repeal the 2002 authorization, attracting a threat of a veto from Trump. The measure did not advance in the GOP-controlled Senate.
Even though 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 informed the White House about his bill during a conversation Monday night and sent them a copy, describing them as open for discussion.
“I’m glad to say that the White House seems willing to commit,” he told The Hill.
Asked about the dividing lines between government branches, Kaine predicted that “we will meet again.”
“The reason I think he could go somewhere now is that you have a number of Republicans who think they were interested in the position last time, but didn’t want to get past Trump,” he added.
Five chairmen of the House committee sent a letter to Biden earlier this year urging him to support the removal of the 2002 authorization and the reform of the 2001 law that was passed to fight al Qaeda.
In a symbolic victory, Democrats who have long pressed for the repeal or renewal of war authorities received the language included in the 2020 party platform, pledging to work with Congress to repeal AUMFs and “replace them with a narrow framework and specific”.
State Secretary 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 have decided and hired to work on it, “he said.
An impetus to reform the 2001 authorization could be more difficult from a political point of view.
Kaine said he is discussing with senators ideas on how to reform the permit, which was developed to take military action against those who “planned, authorized, committed or aided the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.” ”. But since 2001, it has expanded to green light operations, with critics claiming they have little or no connection to 9/11.
“We’re working on a rewrite from 01. … But we don’t have a proposal yet,” Kaine said.
Murphy said Congress should work closely with the Biden administration on how to rewrite the 2001 permit, but said it would be “complicated.”
“What I think we should do is end AUMF since 2001, in part as a coercive mechanism to write 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 AUMF since 2001,” Murphy said.
But Murphy said there are ongoing bipartisan talks, including with Sen. Mike Lee
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“There are some of us talking across the aisle about the reform of the powers that be,” he said. “Mike Lee and I … talked about the whole statue of the war powers, which obviously needs an update.”