House votes to repeal military authorizations dating to Gulf War, Cold War
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WASHINGTON The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to repeal two decades-old measures authorizing American military action in the Middle East, in a rare bipartisan gesture of what one senior Democrat called “good legislative housekeeping.”
Congress needs “to take seriously its responsibility over war and peace” and “recall and repeal authorities when their usefulness has passed, “ Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said during a floor debate this week.
The top Republican on the panel, Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, agreed. “This is an example of how we can work together to clean up these old AUMFs,” he said. AUMF is short for authorization for use of military force. McCaul said there was “no reason” to leave such fully defunct authorizations “on the books.”
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