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Now, turning their backs on the power given them by the Constitution and the WPR, Congress, with that AUMF, acceded to the expansion of presidential powers and opened the door to the disastrous wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere early in this century.

But to allow a president to respond to a threat, the Senate and House of Representatives can pass an AUMF.

Members of Congress are not - for now - targeting a third AUMF, which passed days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

“Americans are tired of endless wars in the Middle East, and we owe it to them and to our veterans and their families to repeal the Iraq War AUMF,” Mr. Schumer, New York Democrat, said.

“While the administration cited Article II authorities as the legal basis for recent strikes, I’m concerned with the practical impacts of repealing the 2002 AUMF,” Sen. James E. Risch of Idaho, ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said during a committee markup on the measure in August.