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Originally posted by indigothefish
reply to post by centurion1211
the whole government is rooting for him and definitely in on the plan, congress would be ok with this anyway
they all are on the same boat
the goal is to get all eyes on obama for these controversial things
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
Press secretary Carney can't even get the story on Israel straight - no speech on 1967 borders and then there is one 1 day later.
God forbid people change their mind....again...double
Originally posted by Xcathdra
The war powers act is unconstitutional.
Originally posted by Pervius
there will be no election in 2012.
Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), the committee's ranking Republican, told The Cable he also doesn't see any action on the horizon, but he called on the Senate to start conducting oversight of the war and demanding more details from the Obama administration. "I'm one who believes that there does need to accountability, if not a declaration of war under the War Powers Act, at least some specific resolution that would give authority," Lugar said. "But even absent that, some definition from the president of what our plan is, what our metrics would be, and by this time what the costs have been, quite apart from the estimate of what they will be."
Originally posted by Xcathdra
reply to post by centurion1211
Are you sure about "invoking" the war powers act? That act is designed for Congress to invoke, not the President. Everything I have seen shows the President rejecting the war powers act based on our involvement, which is a support role.
If you have a source going to ther way, can you post it for us to see? Thanks!
From the beginning of the U.S. military intervention in Libya, the Obama administration has cited the 1973 War Powers Act as the legal basis of its ability to conduct military activities for 60 days without first seeking a declaration of war from Congress. The military intervention started on March 19; Congress was notified on March 21. Those 60 days expire today.
Originally posted by Xcathdra
Congress can either fund the libyan support role, or they can not fund it. That is the power delegated to them by the US Constitution.
Originally posted by Xcathdra
reply to post by centurion1211
Yes I am being serious. The war powers act, a congressional act, requires the president to explain troop deployments lasting longer than 60 days. The President doest invoke the act, Congress does. In the article the president is saying that under the act, he doiesnt have to respond to congress since its a support role.
Either way, the act is unconstoitutional as it is an injury to seperation of powers.
Congress can either fund the libyan support role, or they can not fund it. That is the power delegated to them by the US Constitution.
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