This week, the Senate voted for the first time to repeal the outdated and overstretched 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), which was passed more than two decades ago to authorize the Iraq war.
Every day, 321 people are shot in the United States. For decades policymakers have debated how to address the scourge of gun violence, often defaulting to a militarized police response. This solution has repeatedly failed, with sometimes fatal consequences. We need a new way forward, and a promising solution does exist. That’s where FCNL’s network of young adult advocates comes in.
The current situation in Israel-Palestine is a cause for great concern. In considering the role Congress should play in addressing the growing conflict, a panel of experts came together on March 23 to discuss recent actions by lawmakers and their consequences.
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War. As we reflect on this anniversary, we also have an opportunity to look back to 2003 and reflect on what proponents of the war were saying, how FCNL responded, and how these predictions have borne out two decades on.
The good (money to address inequality, the climate crisis, and build peace), the bad (a harmful immigration response), and the ugly (even more Pentagon spending).
Last month, Reps. Barbara Lee (CA-12) and Mark Pocan (WI-2) reintroduced the People Over Pentagon Act (H.R. 1134), a bill that would cut $100 billion from the Pentagon budget and redirect this funding to address pressing human needs, including education, healthcare and addressing the climate crisis.
In a vote that marks significant progress for our ongoing work to end endless war, on March 8, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced a bill to repeal both the 2002 Iraq War authorization and the 1991 Gulf War authorizations (S. 316). The 13-8 vote in favor of the bipartisan measure from Sens. Tim Kaine (VA) and Todd Young (IN) clears the way for the bill to move to the Senate floor.
On Dec. 20, 2022, the United States Treasury Department issued a package of new general licenses, or humanitarian carveouts, for all U.S. sanctions regimes. These exemptions are designed to ensure that life-saving aid can be delivered on time, wherever it is needed in the world—even in countries on which the U.S. has imposed sanctions.
This development makes it far more likely that after New START expires in February 2026, there will be no agreement limiting U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear arsenals for the first time since 1972.
With some issues, the right and wrong paths are so abundantly clear that it makes one wonder why there’s even a debate at all.
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