Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said a committee is considering legislation next week that would repeal two authorizations for previous wars in Iraq. The legislation comes as Congress looks to reassert its role in deciding when to deploy troops to combat.
Schumer said on Wednesday that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, will take up the legislation to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force. Schumer said this would clear the way for a possible full vote in the Senate before lawmakers leave for the April recess. A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the Senate and the House introduced the legislation in early February.
“We need to put the Iraq war squarely behind us once and for all, and doing that means we should extinguish the legal authority that initiated the war to begin with,” said Schumer.
Lawmakers in Congress have long argued that the legislative branch has ceded too much authority to the president over whether troops should be deployed into combat in passing, then failing to repeal open-ended war authorizations that presidents over the years have used to justify military action around the world.
The US Constitution cites that Congress, not the president, has the authority to declare war.
However, the chances of the legislation getting passed remain to be seen as members of Congress are also still divided over whether it is beneficial for national security to let the AUMFs remain, which would leave the situation to military commanders to decide how to fight US enemies or insisting that AUMFs pass before the old authorizations end.
On Thursday, a bipartisan group of 12 senators reintroduced the legislation that would make Daylight Savings Time permanent, almost a year after the chamber unanimously voted to end switching clocks. The Senate voted to end the biannual adjustment of clocks under Daylight Savings Time in the US, which was supported by advocates of brighter afternoons and added economic activity.
Despite the legislation’s passage in the Senate, the bill failed to pass the House as lawmakers could not agree on whether to keep the standard time or permanent daylight savings time, according to Democratic Rep. Frank Pallone.


Peru Election 2025: Vote Count Delays Spark Calls to Remove Electoral Chief
Trump Teases Imminent Release of UFO Documents After Government Review
U.S. Weapons Delays to Europe Amid Ongoing Iran Conflict
Iran's Internal Power Struggle Threatens Strait of Hormuz Stability
North Korea Fires Multiple Ballistic Missiles Amid Growing Nuclear Ambitions
House Republicans Near Deal on FISA Extension with Limited Reforms
China Navigates Diplomatic Tightrope Between Iran Peace Efforts and Trump Summit
Strait of Hormuz: why even neutral and distant countries like Switzerland can’t escape the fallout
South Korea Denies U.S. Intelligence Restrictions Over North Korea Nuclear Site Disclosure
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Eastward Amid Rising Global Tensions
Brazil, Spain, and Mexico Unite to Support Cuba Amid U.S. Blockade
Myanmar Grants Amnesty to Over 4,000 Prisoners Under New President Min Aung Hlaing
Ukraine's Svyrydenko Returns from U.S. With Renewed Support and Diplomatic Momentum
UNICEF Condemns Killing of Aid Workers Delivering Water in Gaza
Trump Warns Iran on Nuclear Weapons Amid Ongoing Feud with Pope Leo
IMF and World Bank Resume Ties with Venezuela, Opening Door to Billions in Funding 



