War authorization repeal delayed in US Senate
Discussions over whether or not to repeal war authorizations have been delayed in The US Senate.
The announcement was made after a group of Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee pressured the panel tasked with handling the issue.
“We support Congress asserting its constitutional role and believe it is our duty to exercise our oversight responsibilities with respect to the Executive branch,” the GOP senators wrote Monday to the committee's chairman, Bob Menendez.
The bill was initially set to be taken up on Tuesday and no new date has been announced so far.
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine and Republican Sen. Todd Young were behind the effort to repeal both the 2002 authorizations for the use of military force (AUMF) for the Iraq War and the 1991 AUMF for the so-called Gulf War.
“There are weighty questions, however, about the implications of repealing the 2002 AUMF, which should cause this committee to pause before we act,” the Republicans said. “We believe it is critical that every member of this committee fully understand the scope and use of existing legal authorities, the current threats to the US and its allies and partners, and the implications for our national security and foreign policy.”
The US Congress passed another AUMF recently to authorize the war on Iraq.
Kaine, who ran against Trump alongside Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election, has been a proponent of making Congress to authorize wars only, rather than the presidents.
The US invaded Afghanistan and Iraq respectively on the pretext of the US so-called war ton terror, whose repercussions are still threatening the two nations.
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