President Joe Biden has supported ending the authorization, which has served as the legal basis for several military operations in Iraq.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced his support on Wednesday for repealing the 2002 war authorization for Iraq, vowing to hold a vote on scrapping the outdated measure later this year.

Barbara Lee’s (D-Calif.) bill on Thursday that would repeal the 2002 law, which served as the legal basis for several military operations in Iraq.

The authorization passed in 2002 is no longer necessary in 2021,” Schumer said Wednesday on the Senate floor.

Next week, Schumer said, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will consider a bill to repeal both the 2002 and the 1991 authorizations, the latter of which paved the way for U.S