Lawmakers Urge Biden to Get Congressional Approval Before Using US Troops in Ukraine

President Joe Biden speaks to update the situation of the Ukraine-Russia border crisis during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 18, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images

A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including members of the “Squad” and the Freedom Caucus, sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to call on Congress to authorize using U.S. forces in Ukraine.

“As you evaluate your possible course of action to address the potential conflict between Russia and Ukraine, we write to reassert the war powers vested in Congress under the U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Resolution of 1973,” the letter to Biden reads.