THE US House of Representatives voted Thursday to end the nearly two-decade-old war powers authorization that was originally intended to launch the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The 268-161 vote saw broad bipartisan support in the House, but the effort to repeal the authorization faces an uncertain path in the Senate.
Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has signaled his willingness to bring the resolution to a vote later this year, saying the war powers approved in 2002 no longer have standing.
“The Iraq War’s been over for nearly a decade,” he said Wednesday on Twitter, noting that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will begin deliberations next week. “This Senate will vote on repeal.”
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, the resolution’s chief sponsor, said that with the vote “we’re finally one step closer to ending forever wars.”
Congress is constitutionally granted the power to declare war, not US presidents, and President Joe Biden is
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