Resolution To Repeal 1991 and 2002 Military Force Authorizations Advances to Senate Floor

Aug 08, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    48% Moderately Conservative

  • Reliability
  • Policy Leaning

    54% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    70% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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"(R-S.D.) has cautioned that a full repeal of the 2002 AUMF, without a tailored replacement, will limit our ability to combat the malign influence of Iran in the Middle East."
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-24% Liberal
"Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) warned recently that it will be used as justification for continuing to go soft on Iran."
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-62% Liberal
Sen. Mike Rounds
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4% Conservative
The administration has expressed its openness to replacing the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs with a "narrow and specific framework" governing military force, but given President Joe Biden's recent questionably legal airstrikes, it's unlikely he would cede a lot of power.
Negative
-22% Liberal
-- Biden hasn't invoked an AUMF to justify any of his attacks so far, instead relying on Article 51 of the United Nations Charter and Article II of the Constitution.nn
Negative
-32% Liberal
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) warned recently that it "will be used as justification for continuing to go soft on Iran."
Negative
-34% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : (R-S.D.) has cautioned that "a full repeal of the 2002 AUMF, without a tailored replacement, will limit our ability to combat the malign influence of Iran in the Middle East."
19% : Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) warned recently that it "will be used as justification for continuing to go soft on Iran."

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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