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Senate Dems with spine, Murphy & Cardin, thank you!!
Democrats Introduce Bill To Repeal Sweeping 2001 War Authorization
2/13/2015
WASHINGTON -- Democratic senators unveiled legislation Friday night to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force, a sweeping 9/11-era war authorization that never expired and that President Barack Obama is now using to justify the U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State.
Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the bill. It would terminate the 2001 AUMF in three years and clarify that Congress "never intended and did not authorize a perpetual war" by passing that authorization.
Their legislation comes days after Obama sent Congress a new AUMF tailored to the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIL or ISIS. While his proposal calls for limits on duration and ground troops, it does nothing to rein in the 2001 AUMF -- the same authority Obama has been using for the past six months to fight ISIS. That means, regardless of whether Congress passes his new AUMF, the old authorization's broad war authority remains available to Obama and future presidents.
"By leaving in place the 2001 AUMF, Congress could be authorizing a state of perpetual war and giving this President and future presidents a blank check to keep America at war," said Cardin.
As a candidate and as a president, Obama talked about the need to move the nation away from endless war -- and specifically to do away with the 2001 authorization. The fact that his AUMF proposal didn't attempt to rein it in has drawn criticism from Democrats demanding a stop to open-ended wars....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/13/2001-war-authorization_n_6682398.html
2/13/2015
WASHINGTON -- Democratic senators unveiled legislation Friday night to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force, a sweeping 9/11-era war authorization that never expired and that President Barack Obama is now using to justify the U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State.
Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the bill. It would terminate the 2001 AUMF in three years and clarify that Congress "never intended and did not authorize a perpetual war" by passing that authorization.
Their legislation comes days after Obama sent Congress a new AUMF tailored to the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIL or ISIS. While his proposal calls for limits on duration and ground troops, it does nothing to rein in the 2001 AUMF -- the same authority Obama has been using for the past six months to fight ISIS. That means, regardless of whether Congress passes his new AUMF, the old authorization's broad war authority remains available to Obama and future presidents.
"By leaving in place the 2001 AUMF, Congress could be authorizing a state of perpetual war and giving this President and future presidents a blank check to keep America at war," said Cardin.
As a candidate and as a president, Obama talked about the need to move the nation away from endless war -- and specifically to do away with the 2001 authorization. The fact that his AUMF proposal didn't attempt to rein it in has drawn criticism from Democrats demanding a stop to open-ended wars....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/13/2001-war-authorization_n_6682398.html
Love seeing Democrats standing up for Democratic values!!
Gives me hope.
