US lawmakers have approved a plan to limit the president’s war powers.
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill calling for the abolition of the two old presidents’ powers to take military action in the West Asian region.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill calling for the repeal of the president’s two previous powers to take action, following widespread domestic criticism of President Joe Biden for ordering an attack on popular rallies without consulting Congress. The military is in the West Asian region.
At Tuesday’s session, two bills were approved by the House of Representatives with the support of lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties.
One of the proposals called for the repeal of a resolution passed in 1991 after Saddam’s ousted Iraqi president invaded Kuwait, authorizing the use of US troops in the Gulf War.
Another plan seeks to abolish the vague and older war powers that in 1957, in the midst of the Cold War, authorized some military action in the West Asian region. The permit was issued to counter what was called “the possibility of communist aggression,” but no US government has ever used it to order military action.
