Committee makes in order amendment to repeal legacy AUMFs
The Rules Committee agreed to make in order an amendment to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMFs), moving that repeal into consideration on H.R. 3838.
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Representative Meeks, joined by Representative Roy, moved to make in order amendment No. 806 to H.R. 3838 to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMFs) related to Iraq. Meeks argued the authorizations are obsolete and have been stretched by successive presidents, and said Congress should reassert its war powers role.
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