House Republicans are planning a vote to repeal two laws that authorized military force in the Middle East, amid broader concerns by Democrats and some in the GOP that President Donald Trump is using U.S. troops in inappropriate ways.
The House Rules Committee voted Tuesday to allow debate on an amendment to annual defense policy legislation rescinding the congressional authorizations that in 1991 green-lit military operations against Iraq in the Gulf War and the 2003 invasion that deposed the regime of Saddam Hussein. Critics of the laws argue they rob Congress of its war-declaring authority and allow abuses by the president.
Democrats…
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