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Ted Lieu: the Congress has to play a major role and the AUMF of 2001 has no relevance to the situation with Iran today.

On the recordJune 18, 2019
the Congress has to play a major role and the AUMF of 2001 has no relevance to the situation with Iran today.
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Ted Lieu
Democratic · California

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Argues that the 2001 AUMF does not apply to Iran and Congress must be involved.

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