{"id":343095,"date":"2021-03-29T17:01:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T21:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=343095"},"modified":"2021-03-29T17:01:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T21:01:21","slug":"democrats-move-to-curtail-war-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-move-to-curtail-war-powers\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Move to Curtail War Powers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-move-to-curtail-war-powers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=343095&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4345.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Democrats are pushing a bill through Congress limiting America\u2019s ability to fight terrorists in the Middle East, critics say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last Thursday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/biden-war-powers-iraq-aumf-2002-725e7d6c-f444-4f1d-8978-631d29b37435.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a>&nbsp;mostly on party lines to repeal a 2002 military authorization used since the Iraq war for counterterrorism operations in the region. The bill<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014which will soon hit the House floor\u2014removes the Pentagon&#8217;s war powers without a replacement plan in place, Rep. Andy Barr (R., Ky.) told the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in National Security<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/dems-railroad-war-powers-bill-through-congress\/\"><strong>Democrats Move to Curtail War Powers<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/pressure-grows-on-biden-to-act-on-crisis-in-tibet\/\"><strong>Pressure Grows on Biden to Act on Crisis in Tibet<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/lobbying-firm-repping-ethiopian-regime-a-major-biden-backer\/\"><strong>Lobbying Firm Repping Ethiopian Regime a Major Biden Backer<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Voting to repeal the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) without a replacement is voting to disregard the terrorist threats in Iraq,&#8221; Barr said. &#8220;This decision also surrenders the role of Congress in consenting to the use of military force under Article I of the Constitution. Congress should instead reassert its role in the process of authorizing military force and examine ways to update the 2002 AUMF to better reflect the current national security threats in the region.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) joined Barr in opposing the repeal package, saying the threats the 2002 resolution addressed remain in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The terrorism threats that underlie those authorizations are still there,&#8221; Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/03\/25\/congress-biden-war-powers-477873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em> last week. &#8220;There\u2019s clearly terrorist activity inside of Iraq.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.) also expressed concerns, saying the Democrat-led repeal effort was a &#8220;dangerous mistake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rep. Barbara Lee (D., Calif.), a former <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/koch-and-soros-backed-think-tank-honors-former-black-panther-for-responsible-statecraft\/\">black panther<\/a> and longtime <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/castro-loving-congresswoman-signs-on-as-california-co-chair-for-kamala-harris\/\">supporter<\/a> of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, introduced the legislation with apparent support from the White House. In March, White House press secretary Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/03\/05\/biden-war-powers-congress-473843\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> the administration was open to changes in presidential war powers in a larger effort to end America\u2019s &#8220;forever wars.&#8221; President Biden, however, said he does not expect troops to leave Afghanistan by a May 1 deadline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The House Foreign Affairs Committee did not consult the Department of State or the Department of Defense before passing the bill, major executive branch players in the use of presidential war powers. The Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/483135-trump-administrtion-outlines-legal-justification-for-soleimani-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used<\/a> the same 2002 authorization, under fire from Lee and other Democrats, as a part of its legal justification for the drone strike on Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iran-backed militias continue to operate in Iraq, some of which are suspected to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/rockets-hit-iraq-base-hosting-u-s-troops-11614768729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">targeted<\/a> U.S. forces in the country in March. A civilian contractor on base during the March rocket strike suffered a heart attack while sheltering and died as a result.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n\t\t<!-- \/339474670\/Freebeacon\/InContent --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats are pushing a bill through Congress limiting America\u2019s ability to fight terrorists in the Middle East, critics say. 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