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This seems to be a back door way of doing something that should have been done 30 days or more ago.
I applaud their efforts that are now being taken but it should not have come to this. Congress needs to get a backbone, do their job and uphold the Constitution. We need to stop these latest two episodes, the one in Yemen and in Libya. Congress has not approved monies to fund these actions but Pres. Obama somehow borrows the money to fund these unlawful actions. Congress needs to get its act together.
Samuel Burns
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White House defends legality of U.S. action in Libya
The law prohibits U.S. armed forces from being involved in military actions for more than 60 days without congressional authorization, and includes a further 30-day withdrawal period, which would expire on Sunday.
The White House's arguments seemed unlikely to defuse tensions with Congress over Libya, where rebels have made only halting progress against government troops and strains have emerged in the Western alliance.
Further information on this article can be obtained from the link below.
http://beta.news.yahoo.com/obama-legal-power-libya-campaign-white-house-204533787.html
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Townhall The Tipsheet Helen Whalen Cohen
Ten members of the US House of Representatives (a strange mix of Republicans and Democrats) aresuing President Obama for going to war with Libya without congressional approval. In the lawsuit, they are arguing that President Obama's actions violate the War Powers Act:
Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Ten members of the House of Representatives led by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) sued President Barack Obama before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday for not getting congressional approval on the use of military force in Libya.The lawsuit by Kucinich and Reps. Walter Jones (R-NC), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Duncan (R-TN), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), John Conyers (D-MI) Ron Paul (R-TX), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Tim Johnson (R-IL) and Dan Burton (R-IN) said Obama violated the 1973 War Powers Resolution, which mandates that any U.S. military mission be first approved by Congress.The resolution provides a 60-day period to gain authorization from Congress and another 30 days to withdraw from a launched military mission. The Obama administration has until Sunday to withdraw U.S. forces engagement in the Libya civil war.
In order to not be in violation of the War Powers Act, President Obama would have to either get Congress to approve of the war or else withdraw all troops by Sunday. Who wants to bet that neither of those will happen...
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