Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee said on Tuesday that Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan stripped her amendment, which would have repealed authorization for the use of military force against ISIS, from a defense-spending bill.
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Democratic Congresswoman says Paul Ryan 'stripped' her amendment repealing military authorization to fight ISIS from House bill
California Rep. Barbara Lee said Ryan's actions were "underhanded and undemocratic."
Lee's amendment, which received bipartisan support, would have repealed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force and made Congress pass another one to continue the campaign against ISIS.
However, Ryan told RealClearPolitics in late June that adding the amendment was a "mistake."
“There’s a right way to deal with this, and an appropriations bill I don’t think is the right way to deal with this,” Ryan said. Ryan also told RealClearPolitics that he was open to debating the AUMF but probably not this year.
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A senior Republican aide told CBS that Lee's amendment would have been subject to an objection on the House floor, however, as it was attached to an appropriations bill.
The 2001 AUMF was passed shortly after September 11th and gave then-authorization
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