Democrats and Republicans promised voters over 15 years ago to repeal the 2002 AUMF - THEY DIDN'T.

The Bi-partisan Failed Repeal of the 2002 AUMF

Why hasn't Congress repealed the 2002 AUMF yet? Over 15 years ago Democrat and Republican leaders made a bi-partisan commitment and promise to repeal the 2002 AUMF.

On June 17, 2021, the House of Representatives voted for House Resolution 256, to repeal the 2002 resolution by a vote of 268–161. 219 House Democrats and 49 House Republicans voted to repeal, while 160 Republicans and 1 Democrat voted to oppose the repeal.

In July 2021, three Senators, Christopher Murphy, Mike Lee & Bernie Sanders, introduced S.2391, the National Security Powers Act of 2021, which would have repealed previous war authorizations and established new procedures, but a Senator put a quasi-anonymous hold on it in committee until it was dead.

Its companion in the House, H.R.5410, the National Security Reforms and Accountability Act, did not contain the repeal language (which prevented the Senators' attempt to repeal), and again, this companion bill was quasi-anonymously held in committee til it was dead.

On March 16, 2023, a bill (S. 316) to repeal the 1991 and 2002 AUMFs, introduced by Senators Tim Kaine and Todd Young, was advanced by the Senate by 68 votes to 27, but its companion, H.R.932, has been quasi-anonymously held by a Representative in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs since February 9, 2023.

On July 13, 2023, in a further attempt to repeal the 1991 and 2002 AUMFs, Tim Kaine and Todd Young introduced Senate Amendment 427 to Senate Bill 2226, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024.

But they didn't timely propose it on the floor so that when the bill passed the Senate, no action was taken on their amendment & it was therefore, by default, excluded by law.

The POTUS remains authorized by Congress to strike at will, any targets of his choosing.