Repealing The 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force If you attend Meeting for Worship on the lawn that day, you may get to write actual postcards. If not, virtual postcards are just as important. The topic will be repealing authorization for endless war, The 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force. On 5/13/21, Sen. Menendez (NJ) said he will bring up S.J. Res. 10 in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee within the next few weeks! The companion, HB 256 already passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee and could get to a floor vote if more MOCs co-sponsor. Please call and web-message NC Congressional representatives THIS week (or Now)!! VOTES MAY COME TO THE FLOOR IN LATE MAY. TO WRITE, go to this FCNL page to contact Senators Burr and Tillis: https://fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/25332/ Here is the "contact page(s)" for Rep. Cawthorn: https://cawthorn.house.gov/contact The only representative to vote against the Authorization in 2001 was Barbara Lee, who has consistently criticized it since for being a blank check giving the government unlimited powers to wage war without debate. Lee has initiated several attempts to repeal the authorization. Business Insider has reported that the AUMF has been used to allow military deployment in Afghanistan, the Philippines, Georgia, Yemen, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iraq, and Somalia.