White House spokesman Jen Psaki said Friday, March 5, that the Biden administration is committed to working with Congress to limit the president’s authority to initiate war and to stop the endless fighting while ensuring the safety of Americans.
We are committed to working with Congress to ensure that the president’s authority to initiate war is replaced with a narrow and specific framework,” Psaki tweeted Friday, according to the Epoch Times website. In this way, we can both prevent Americans from being threatened by terrorist groups and stop the endless war.”
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Republican U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-Mich.) reintroduced a bill on Wednesday, March 3, to repeal the authority granted by Congress to the president to initiate war against Iraq from 1991 to 2002, the report said. The senators said they were troubled by Biden’s unilateral airstrikes against Iraq last week.
The Biden Administration‘s airstrikes in Syria last week showed that the administration, no matter which party is in charge, is prepared to continue to use the president’s authority to initiate war,” Kaine said. We in Congress have a responsibility to authorize new military actions and to repeal old war authorizations that are no longer needed. Congress should repeal the authority it granted to the U.S. government to initiate war against Iraq from 1991 to 2002 to prevent such authority from being abused in the future.”
Psaki tweeted Friday praising the bill and calling Kaine an expert on war powers, “This cross-party coalition he has built in Congress that wants to limit the president’s authority to initiate war is very aware of the constitutional rights Congress has.”
The Senate passed a similar resolution last year requiring former President Trump (R-Texas) to get congressional authorization before taking any military action against Iran, but the resolution was later vetoed by Trump.
Members of Congress from both parties are also calling on the U.S. government to end the war with Iran and curb the president’s authority to continue military action against Iran, which does not mean Congress will restrict Biden from taking military action against other countries in the Middle East.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who supports the bill, agreed that Congress has the power not only to declare war on foreign countries, but also to end a war. He said, “It’s long past Time to end the president’s authority to go to war in Iraq. Congress should take back that authority for those who have died on the battlefield in Iraq.”
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