Not a Democratic or a Republican problem’: the US Congress and the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan

Abstract

The withdrawal from Afghanistan caused a mixed reaction in the US Congress. There is a significant difference between how the legislative branch reacted first to the decision to withdraw and then to its immediate implementation. The 117th Congress considered the circumstances of the withdrawal from the perspective of congressional oversight of the executive power’s actions. Lawmakers used several instruments within the framework of their constitutional powers to achieve this goal.