An attempt to repeal the 2001 congressional authorization that provides the legal basis for the ongoing wars in both Afghanistan, Iraq, and the global war on terror was voted down by the House of Representatives on Wednesday night.

As the Huffington Post reports:

Anti-War.com adds:

After years of bombings and a new, protracted conflict in the Middle East, the U.S. House on Wednesday is expected to vote on a measure that could end or extend President Barack Obama’s “blank check” for war, which is now currently used to sanction attacks against the Islamic State (or ISIS).

“Since 1991, the U.S. has spent trillions of dollars, dropped hundreds of thousands of bombs and lost thousands of brave servicemen and women in Iraq. Do you feel any safer? Are we any safer?”

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The legislation, proposed by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), “would require the repeal of the 2001 AUMF, which Congress passed to allow operations against al-Qaeda and its affiliates in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, within 90 days of the defense policy bill’s enactment,” Washington Post explains.

Included in a roster of other defense policy measures, Lee said last week that she wants to “force a debate on this war and repeal the 2001 blank check for endless war that got us into these perpetual wars.”

“Let us debate this war,” she said on the Senate floor, “its costs and its consequences.”