A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the Senate Foreign Relations Comittee voted Wednesday to advance a bill to repeal a 2002 law authorizing war against Iraq, clearing the way for a vote in the upper chamber expected before the end of this year.
Lawmakers voted 14-8 to advance the legislation just one day after senior Biden administration officials publicly insisted the 2002 authorization is no longer necessary for US operations in Iraq or the wider Middle East, even amid tensions with Iran.
