Richmond Times-Dispatch Article RatingKaine pushes to repeal Iraq war authorization
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| "In the Senate, he said Young has been enormously successful with his Republican colleagues." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "Kaine said Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, is one of the Democratic leaders of the effort, along with Republican Reps. Chip Roy of Texas and Tom Cole of Oklahoma." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Kaine said Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, is one of the Democratic leaders of the effort, along with Republican Reps. Chip Roy of Texas and Tom Cole of Oklahoma." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Kaine said Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, is one of the Democratic leaders of the effort, along with Republican Reps. Chip Roy of Texas and Tom Cole of Oklahoma." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Kaine said Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, is one of the Democratic leaders of the effort, along with Republican Reps. Chip Roy of Texas and Tom Cole of Oklahoma." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Immediately after the vote, Kaine and Young appeared outside of the U.S. Capitol with representatives of the American Legion, which voiced strong support for the legislation." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Immediately after the vote, Kaine and Young appeared outside of the U.S. Capitol with representatives of the American Legion, which voiced strong support for the legislation." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Kaine, Warner praise Zelenskyy's heroism and renew support for Ukraine, stopping short of no-fly zone" | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "President Joe Biden, a longtime former member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who served two terms as vice president, has publicly expressed support for the legislation." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "I'm unaware of one of those occurring in the Senate in my lifetime, Kaine said in a media briefing on Thursday morning." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "We've got to acknowledge the reality that Iraq is not an enemy, it's a strategic partner, Kaine said in the keynote address at the forum." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Michael MartzSen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., was serving his first year as Virginia's lieutenant governor in 2002 when Congress authorized the use of military force against Iraq, and it wasn't lost on him that it took the vote weeks before midterm congressional elections." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "On Thursday, Kaine and Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., persuaded the U.S. Senate to take the first step toward repealing an authorization of military force for the first time since 1971, when Congress ended the Tonkin Gulf Resolution that had allowed then-President Lyndon Johnson to escalate the war in Vietnam." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "On Thursday, Kaine and Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., persuaded the U.S. Senate to take the first step toward repealing an authorization of military force for the first time since 1971, when Congress ended the Tonkin Gulf Resolution that had allowed then-President Lyndon Johnson to escalate the war in Vietnam." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "On Thursday, Kaine and Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., persuaded the U.S. Senate to take the first step toward repealing an authorization of military force for the first time since 1971, when Congress ended the Tonkin Gulf Resolution that had allowed then-President Lyndon Johnson to escalate the war in Vietnam." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "It is now controlled by Republicans under Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who controls what comes to a vote on the House floor." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Senate takes first step in repealing Iraq War authorizationsIt clearly seemed to me at the time, that the run up to the war was being significantly influenced, maybe dominated, by political concerns rather than the careful consideration of the country's security, Kaine said." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Kaine asked the Senate." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Mario Marquez, a retired sergeant-major in the U.S. Marine Corps who served four tours of combat duty in Iraq, said it is long past time to repeal these authorizations.Kaine bill to restrict any effort to remove U.S. from NATO advancesOur force was not built to remain in a perpetual state of war, said Marquez, who serves as director of the American Legion's national security division." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "However, Young said, the repeal is necessary to restore Congress' traditional role in authorizing use of military force under Article 1 of the Constitution." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Counting two senators who support the measure but were absent for the vote, Kaine and Young said that 70 of the Senate's 100 members support repeal, which they hope will bolster a similar bipartisan coalition in the U.S. House of Representatives." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Counting two senators who support the measure but were absent for the vote, Kaine and Young said that 70 of the Senate's 100 members support repeal, which they hope will bolster a similar bipartisan coalition in the U.S. House of Representatives." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Kaine sought to rally support from political conservatives in an appearance later Thursday at a policy forum that the Cato Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, conducted on the 20th aiversary of the Iraq War." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "There are no permanent enemies of the United States, Kaine said." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Kaine said it would discourage presidents from misusing the war authorization for other purposes, not specifically addressed by Congress, as then-President Donald Trump did in 2020 by using the outdated congressional action to justify the assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who was in Iraq." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Kaine said it would discourage presidents from misusing the war authorization for other purposes, not specifically addressed by Congress, as then-President Donald Trump did in 2020 by using the outdated congressional action to justify the assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who was in Iraq." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
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