On Sunday, Republican Sen. Bob Corker and Rep. Eliot Engel – a Democrat who voted for the Iraq war – told Fox News that President Obama should strike Syria first and get Congressional approval afterwards. That’s not how the U.S. Constitution says it should go. That’s not how the War Powers Resolution (which, despite the name "resolution," is binding U.S. law) says it…
UPDATE ON 3 KEY VOTES WE HIGHLIGHTED IN DEFENSE APPROPS DEBATE: Rep. Conyers’ amendment to prohibit funds for ground troops in Libya, “unless the purpose of such deployment is solely to rescue members of the United States Armed Forces”, was approved by voice vote! Rep. Lee’s amendment to cut funds for the war in Afghanistan…
Last week, voting on amendments on the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, the House of Representatives began taking action to limit U.S. military involvement in Libya’s civil war. Now the House leadership has agreed to a vote on House Concurrent Resolution 51, introduced by Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich, which would direct the President, pursuant to…
Voting on amendments on the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, the House of Representatives took action to hasten the end of the wars in Afghanistan and Libya. Afghanistan By a 204-215 vote [roll call] – six switchers would have passed the amendment – the House narrowly failed to adopt a bipartisan amendment from Reps. Jim…
The House of Representatives is expected to vote soon, perhaps by tomorrow morning, on the People’s Budget put forward by the Congressional Progressive Caucus. A vote in favor of the People’s Budget is a vote against the endless wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, because the People’s Budget would end the wars. In particular, the People’s…
Here is a question I would like pollsters to ask American voters about the Libya War: Is sending Qaddafi to the International Criminal Court a military objective worth having American troops "fight and possibly die" for? I haven’t seen any pollster ask this question. Indeed, the fact that sending Qaddafi to the Hague is a…
The most important content of Presidential speeches is often what they don’t say. Here are some things that President Obama didn’t say about Libya in his speech last night. The President did not answer his critics who asked why he took America into war without authorization by Congress. This question was made sharper on Sunday…