U.S. Senate in bipartisan vote repeals decades-old Iraq war authorizations

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : "It cannot become a satellite of Iran.
39% : And Iran cannot be permitted unrestricted access across the region."
39% : It would have delayed repeal until 30 days after the director of national intelligence certifies that repeal won't "degrade the effectiveness of United States-led deterrence against Iranian aggression" and added language that nothing in the bill would "restrict the ability of the United States to respond rapidly and decisively to threats by the Government of Iran or its proxy forces.
33% : "While the Senate's been engaged in this abstract, theoretical debate about rolling back American power, Iran has continued its deadly attacks on us.
28% : The Republican-controlled House advancing the measure could be politically tricky with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, vehemently opposed to Congress repealing the Iraq military authorizations over concerns about Iran and Middle East foreign policy.
28% : "Senators voted 41-55 to reject Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz's amendment that would have established the 2002 Iraq AUMF isn't required for the president to use military force to counter Iran, including taking "actions for the purpose of ending Iran's escalation of attacks on, and threats to, United States interests."
21% :Allowing the military authorizations to stay in place, Young contended, would be a "strategic mistake," in part because Iran is trying to establish a path to the Mediterranean Sea that would run through Syria, Lebanon and Iraq.
19% : It would have delayed repeal until 30 days after Biden certifies that "Iran has stopped providing financial, technical, and material support to terrorist organizations and other violent groups in Iraq and Syria.

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