The US Senate voted overwhelmingly on Monday in favor of legislation rescinding authorizations for the 1991 and 2002 Iraq wars, as Congress pushes to regain its role in deciding whether to send US combat forces out of the United States, Reuters reported.

The legislation won 65-28 in the vote on completing debate on the legislation, more than the 60 votes required in the 100-member Senate, paving the way for a vote on its approval later this week.

All votes against the legislation were Republicans.

Congress has been debating for years about the Senate ceding too much power to both Republican and Democratic presidents over whether to send troops into combat by passing "open" authorizations to wage war and then failing to revoke them, according to Reuters.

Under the US Constitution, Congress, not the president, can declare war.

Supporters of the current bill call the authorizations for the use of military force for 1991 and 2002 against Iraq automatic “zombie” licenses, without review, and say that these licenses are outdated and inappropriate, given that the wars ended long ago and that Iraq is now a partner of the United States. United.

March 20th marks the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war in 2003.

Reuters quoted Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as saying before the vote that "revocation of these authorizations will show the region, and the world, that the United States is not an occupying power, that the war in Iraq is over, and that we are moving forward, working with Iraq." as a strategic partner.