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A bipartisan group of lawmakers have introduced legislation to repeal the 1991 and 2002 authorizations for the use of military force in the Middle East amid escalating tension between the U.S. and Iran.

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced legislation Wednesday that would strip President Joe Biden of war powers.

President Biden’s Inaugural War Powers Report President Biden walks along the Colonnade to the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) On Feb. 25, President Biden ordered airstrikes against targets in eastern Syria, apparently his first use of military force as president. The president directed the strikes in response to rocket attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq, including an attack on Feb. 15 that injured a U.S. service member and killed a Filipino contractor. On Feb. ...

Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. The House plans to take up the For the People Act (H.R. 1) this week, which the House passed in 2019 as well. The legislation is centered around government transparency and accountability. The House will also consider the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (H.R. 1280) this week, which the House passed last Congress in June 2020. There will also be numerous Committee hearings throughou...

Lawmakers call Bidens Yemen policy historic shift in US foreign relations CNN 3/11/2021 By Clare Foran, CNN © SAUL LOEB/AFP/AFP via Getty Images US President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy at the State Department in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2021. - Biden said the US will confront authoritarianism of China and Russia. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) When President Joe Biden announced the US will end support for Saudi Arabias ...

West Virginia Bill Would Set Foundation to Block Unconstitutional National Guard Deployments CHARLESTON, W. Va. (Feb. 18, 2021) –  A bill introduced in the West Virginia House would empower the governor to stop unconstitutional foreign combat deployments of the state’s National Guard troops. Passage into law would take a step toward restoring the founders’ framework for a state-federal balance under the Constitution. Del. Pat McGeehan (R-Hancock) and Del. William Anderson (R-Wood) introd...

Letter to President Biden on Forever Wars February 17, 2021 Dear President Biden: Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, the United States responded with military force intended to target those responsible for that attack, and invoked extraordinary powers reserved for war. Nearly two decades later, the legal and policy framework created to facilitate that war-based response has resulted in a series of endless and amorphous conflicts with no grand strategy or endgame in sight. The Am...

Iowa Bill Would Set Foundation to Block Unconstitutional National Guard Deployments DES MOINES, Iowa (Feb. 16, 2021) –  A bill introduced in the Iowa House would empower the governor to stop unconstitutional foreign deployments of the state’s National Guard troops. Passage into law would take a step toward restoring the founders’ framework for a state-federal balance under the Constitution. Rep. Jeff Shipley (R-Fairfield) introduced House Bill 332 (HF332) on Feb. 2. The legislation would...

Tim Kaine Fast Facts CNN Editorial Research © Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Senator Tim Kaine(D-VA), speaks following the Senate voted on the War Powers resolution, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on February 13, 2020. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Heres a look at the life of Democratic US Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia. Personal Birth place: St. Paul, Minnesota Birth name: Timothy Michael Kaine Father: Albert Alexander Kaine Jr., ironworker Mother: Mary Kathl...

ENewsChannels NEWS: -- The Washington D.C., metropolitan-based law firm of Jordan Guydon, LLP, announced today a plan to reduce sexual assault and harassment in the military. "Our plan recommends that Secretary of Defense Austin update 75-year-old architecture," said managing partner Attorney Daryle A. Jordan, a former Army lawyer and veteran of the Gulf War. :: News from eNewsChannels