PRESIDENT Joe Biden could be stripped of his ability to launch military attacks after his first airstrike as he's been accused of "stretching war powers."

A bipartisan legislation was introduced by United States senators on Wednesday to repeal decades-old authorizations for the use of military force in the Middle East.

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The senators' move comes approximately one week after in the wake of rocket attacks by fanatics on American targets in neighboring Iraq.

Democratic Senator Tim Kaine said in a statement: "Last week’s airstrikes in Syria show that the Executive Branch, regardless of party, will continue to stretch its war powers."

"Congress has a responsibility to not only vote to authorize new military action, but to repeal old authorizations that are no longer necessary."

The measure to take away Biden's war powers was led by Kain and Republican Senator Todd Young.

The bipartisan bill would invalidate 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iraq.

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It recognizes that Washington, DC, and Baghdad's government have a "strong partnership."

As per the Constitution, Congress has the right to permit war - not the president of the United States.

According to , Young said: "Congress has been operating on autopilot when it comes to our essential duties to authorize the use of military force.

"The fact that authorities for both of these wars are still law today is illustrative of the bipartisan failure of Congress to perform its constitutionally-mandated oversight role."

The Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF) - used in 2001 - have been used to justify strikes by GOP and Democratic presidents.

Senators Tammy Duckworth, Chris Coons and Dick Durbin, Mike Lee, Chuck Grassley and Rand Paul have signed on the legislation as co-sponsors.

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Last week, the U.S. dropped seven 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions ( JDAMs) reportedly killing 22 at a crossing used by Iranian-backed militia groups to move weapons across the border.

The U.S. appeared to be retaliating for a February 15 rocket attack on the American military base at Erbil International Airport - which was later claimed by the Guardians of Blood Brigade.

That attack, in a region run by Kurds, killed one contractor who was not American and injured numerous American contractors and an American service member.

The U.S. has not definitively blamed any specific group for the outrage or attributed it to any Iranian proxies in the region, but the administration had made it clear where it places the blame.

"At President Biden's direction, U.S. military forces... conducted airstrikes against infrastructure utilized by Iranian-backed militant groups in eastern Syria," said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby after last night's strike.

Kirby said that Biden ordered the strikes at Al Bukamal after consulting with U.S. allies, including coalition partners.

They were authorized "in response to recent attacks against American and Coalition personnel in Iraq, and to ongoing threats to those personnel," he stated.

"President Biden will act to protect American and Coalition personnel. At the same time, we have acted in a deliberate manner that aims to de-escalate the overall situation in both eastern Syria and Iraq."

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He revealed that the strikes destroyed multiple facilities at a border control point used by a number of Iranian-backed militant groups, including Kata'ib Hezbollah (KH) and Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS).

Following the airstrike, in relation to tweets slamming Trump strikes, after dropping bombs on Syria.

The violent operation has drawn accusations of double standards, after Twitter users have resurfaced old tweets slamming the Trump administration’s Middle East air strikes.

In one tweet, dating back to 2019, Biden called Donald Trump “erratic” and “impulsive” after he threatened to bomb Iran.

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"We don't need another war in the Middle East, but Trump's actions toward Iran only make that more likely."

Trump pulled out of the 2019 airstrikes referenced in Biden’s tweet, reportedly changing his mind '10 minutes before the strike,' over fears for civilian casualties.