Eliot Engel actually said...

But an approved, with a strong bipartisan vote of an improved AUMF preserves and strengthens America's strategic leadership and also puts Da...

How important is it for Congress to pass a new AUMF and what would be the consequences if we did not do so?

I was one of the few people who thought it was a good AUMF.

Congress would reassert the important role we are empowered to play by the Constitution.