Senate Approves Bill to Repeal Iraq War Authorizations

The Senate approved legislation with bipartisan support on March 29 that would repeal the 1991 and 2002 Iraq war authorizations.
The first Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) allowed the United States to enter the Gulf War, during which then-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s forces were driven out of Kuwait. The second allowed the U.S. military to go into Iraq following reports that Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
U.S. forces captured Hussein in 2003; he was executed in Iraq in 2006.
The final 66–30 vote, which needed only a simple majority, comes after the Democrat-controlled Senate rejected amendments offered by Republican senators. The amendments needed 60 votes for adoption….}