How they voted: Schumer, Gillibrand on repealing Iraq War resolutions
WASHINGTON, D.C. >> Here’s how New York senators voted major issues during the legislative week of March 1317. The House was in recess. Readers can visit www.VoteFacts.com for additional information on top congressional issues and individual voting records.
Repealing Iraq War Resolutions: Voting 68-27, the Senate on March 16 advanced a bill (S 316) that would repeal two authorizations for use of military force against Iraq that remain on the books even though Iraq is now a U.S. ally. Congress adopted the first AUMF in 1991 in response to Iraq’s invasion of
Kuwait and the second in 2002 ahead of America’s invasion of Iraq. U.S. presidents have used the measures as the legal basis for additional deployments to the Middle East and Africa without first obtaining congressional declarations of war as the Constitution requires. Under this bill, Congress would have six months to update U.S. war authority, and until it does so, President Biden could immediately deploy forces to protect national security without seeking congressional approval. A yes vote was to advance the resolution to extensive debate in coming days.
New York Sens. Chuck Schumer, D, and Kirsten Gillibrand,
D, voted yes.
Eric Garcetti, Ambassador to India: Voting 52-42, the Senate on March 15 confirmed the nomination of Eric Garcetti as U.S. ambassador to India. Garcetti is a former mayor of Los Angeles and co-chair of President Biden’s 2020 election campaign. His nomination was stalled in the Senate for 21 months over charges that he failed to deal with allegationsthatRickJacobs,deputy chief of his mayoral staff, had sexually harassed employees in the mayor’s office and made racist comments about Asians and other minorities. A yes vote was to confirm the nominee.
Schumer and Gillibrand voted yes.
Brent Neiman, Deputy Treasury Under Secretary: Voting 54-40, the Senate on March15confirmedthenomination of Brent Neiman, a University of Chicago economics professor, to head international finance operations for the Department of the Treasury. Working with other G- 7 and G-20 countries representing the world’s largest economies, Neiman will direct American efforts to shape global economic and monetary policies and respond to crises in international markets. He has a doctorate of economics de- gree from Harvard with specialties in international macroeconomics, finance and trade.
Schumer and Gillibrand voted yes.
Key Votes Ahead: The Senate will vote on judicial nominations in the week of March 20, while the House schedule was to be announced.
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