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132 upper house members voted with barbara lee against authorizing the use of force for the iraq war. that was not enough to stop the bill, so instead of one forever war, america had two then. this year will mark 20 years, and congresswoman barbara lee took that first soul vote against america's unending war . legal authorization allowed america to use military force in the name of 9/11 in a way that was unedited and global. during the time that those authorizations for use of force have remained in place, they have been used as justification for all kinds of military interventions all around ...

And moral compass, to have the bravery to stand up and say this horrific act has made me come to a different conclusion than all the rest of you, then every other member of congress. imagine what that took in the moment? california congresswoman barbara lee was the sole member of congress who decided that day that the tragedy of 9/11, days earlier, horrible as it was, was not a good justification for an open-ended legal authorization to get the u.s. involved anywhere in the world in what would become decades of war. a year later, the house was set to vote on yet another blanket authorization f...

A year later, the house was set to vote on yet another blanket authorization for military force to the invasion of iraq. that time when the vote came, barbara lee was not alone. 132 of her fellow house members voted for barbara lee against authorizing the use of force for the iraq war. that wasn't enough to stop the bill. so instead of one forever war, america then had two. this year will mark 20 years since congressman barbara lee took that first sole vote against america's unending war. the legal authorization that allowed america to use military force in the name of 9/11 in a way that was u...