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Military force that was passed by congress immediately after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. that gave the president at the time authorization to use all necessary force against those who planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on september 11th. in 2001, congresswoman barbara lee was the lone vote against that authorization and in the 16 years since that has morphed into a swiss army knife of laws. to say it has been used livery is an understatement and started as an authorization specific to 9/11, but it's been used to justify 37 different u.s. military operatio...

>> further amendments. >> spontaneous applause. those are republicans voting with a democratic congressman for her amendment written by barbara lee to repeal the aumf, the authorization for use of military force that was passed by congress immediately after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. that gave the president at the time authorization to use all necessary force against those who planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on september 11th. in 2001, congresswoman barbara lee was the lone vote against that authorization and in the 16 years since that has morphed int...