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Others are calling the proposed legislation the Authorization for Use of Financial Force, after the Authorization for Use of Military Force, the infamous bill that gave the Bush administration the green light to invade Iraq.
As to the statutory authorization, there is nothing in the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) "even hinting" at expanding the President's war powers beyond those enumerated in Art. 21.
"It is still my hope that the White House will send to us a draft Authorization for Use of Military Force," said the Virginia senator.
Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kerry was asked about the usefulness of Congress passing an Authorization for Use of Military Force if it only has GOP votes.
Even worse, she repeatedly pretends that she didn't know President Bush would regard a bill titled "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002" as an authorization to go to war.
Administration lawyers have an answer for this: the original post-9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force gave the president authority to act against Al Qaeda and its supporters.
The Authorization for Use of Military Force, which was passed right after 9/11, authorized the executive branch to essentially wage war against the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks.
Congress's Authorization for Use of Military Force Joint Resolution passed shortly after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, is not such an authorization.... From the Padilla Dissent My disagreement with the majority is twofold.
Congress endorsed this policy, passing a bill called the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
But he said the authorization for use of force would not foreshadow a full war.
