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Senators voted 66-30 to repeal the 2002 measure that gave President Bush the green light to invade Iraq and the 1991 authorization that sanctioned the U.S.-led Gulf War.

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would repeal two decades-old authorizations to use military force against Iraq after supporters of the legislation had fended off floor efforts to amend it, including proposals that would have singled out Iran as a threat in the Middle East.

The measure now goes to the House, where Speaker Kevin McCarthy has indicated it will undergo a series of markups by the Foreign Affairs Committee before a possible floor vote.

The measure would repeal the 2002 and 1991 authorizations to use military force in Iraq, and now goes to the House.

The Senate is poised to vote Wednesday to repeal the 2002 measure that greenlighted the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, which would end more than 20 years of authorization for US presidents to use force in that country and return those war powers to Congress. The Iraq War ended years…

The Senate is preparing to vote to repeal the 2002 measure that greenlighted that March 2003 invasion of Iraq

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says he opposes repeal of the 2002 and 1991 authorizations of force against Iraq, arguing that that authority “bears directly on the threats we face today in Iraq and Syria from Iran-backed terrorists.”

WASHINGTON — Matthew Hoh was a 28-year-old Marine captain assigned to the Pentagon in late 2002, just as then-President George W. Bush was laying the groundwork for war in Iraq. Like many of his generation, Hoh was steeled in his patriotism by the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, and he…

Twenty years after the invasion of Iraq, the U.S. Senate is moving to repeal the congressional authorization that provided the justification for the war.

A bill to repeal authorization of the use of force in Iraq has cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate. A final vote in the chamber could come near 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

WASHINGTON — Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s nomination to be ambassador to India cleared an important procedural hurdle on the Senate floor Wednesday, a strong indication that he will be confirmed to the post later in the day.