14 years ago, President George W. Bush signed into law an AUMF targeting terrorists who attacked us on 9/11, as well those who harbored them
When I cast my vote just a week after the 9/11 attacks, I could not have imagined that fourteen years later the AUMF still be in use...
...and that it would be relied upon to wage war against terrorist organization, ISIS, not in existence in 2001 & often at war with Al Qaeda.
For years, I've worked with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to sunset and replace this outdated authorization. #AUMF
But sadly, Congress has not only failed to reform 2001 AUMF, but also refused to take up a new AUMF authorizing ongoing war against ISIS.
This dereliction of duty must end. Speaker must allow new AUMF to be debated on that addresses both war against Al Qaeda & that against ISIS
Anything less is an abdication of constitutional dimension & the longer we wait, the greater the damage to our system of checks and balances
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