A formidable but rare alliance is uniting to repeal decadeslong war authorizations: House progressives and the House freedomcaucus.
While the two groups usually disagree on most policy areas, members are setting their sights on repealing the 1991 and 2002 war authorizations in Iraq, a measure that already has the support of President Joe Biden. The authorizations permitted the use of military power that allowed the United States to get involved in the Middle Eastern wars in Iraq and the Gulf.Ending Iraq war powers “should come to the floor as soon as possible,” said Rep.
"I think there’s a sense around here, on both the Left and the Right, that we’ve abdicated too much of that — and not just in recent Congresses but honestly probably going back decades," Cole told Politico. If the bill does not head to the floor through committee, a majority of House members can use a"discharge petition" and force the measure onto the floor, a scenario likely to succeed given the bipartisan support for the repeals.
This is just one of several areas emerging in the rare alliance between the Freedom Caucus and the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which could cause other headaches for McCarthy.
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Freedom Caucus and progressives lock arms — and that could be bad news for McCarthyThe speaker's immediate headache is a growing right-left alliance on Iraq war powers. But House liberals and conservatives are linking up on other issues, too.
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