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I’m guessing there’s some kind of provision that when there’s a real crisis and we’re at defcon1, the president still has full singular authority.

Look for clues that this law is just a trinket.

3 posted on 03/05/2021 10:35:04 AM PST by Kevmo (So America gets what America deserves - - the destruction of its Constitution. ~Leo Donofrio, 6/1/09)

7 posted on 03/05/2021 10:38:53 AM PST by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)

They are only repealing the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) passed to support Bush 41 and Bush 43’s wars in Iraq. Note they are not withdrawing the troops, just taking away Biden’s ability to use them in Iraq and Syria. This is just push back for the strikes in Syria last week. Also, they are not trying to repeal Public Law 107–40, the AUMF for the “Global War on Terror”, and certainly not the War Powers Act.

Congress should never give open ended support for use of force like they did with these two resolutions. Either declare war or don’t.