The Senate voted 65-28 Monday to end debate on repealing two authorizations to use military force against Iraq — two decades after US forces launched the “shock and awe” airstrike…
All the amendments require 60 votes to be attached to the bill, with a final vote on passage expected later this week. The measure would then go to the GOP-controlled House, where Speaker Kevin McCarthy has suggested it would pass as well.
Another amendment, introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley , would create a special inspector general to oversee more than $100 billion in US aid sent to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion last year. “It’s very hard to argue that there should not be robust oversight, which is what this amendment does, so I would hope this would not be controversial,” HawleyScott’s amendment seeking to investigate the US withdrawal from Afghanistan will need 60 votes to pass.
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