Obama Gets Stunning Bipartisan Rebuke on Libya

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/3/bipartisan-congress-rebuffs-obama-libya-mission/

WASHINGTON TIMES: Crossing party lines to deliver a stunning rebuke to the commander in chief, the vast majority of the House voted Friday for resolutions telling President Obama he has broken the constitutional chain of authority by committing U.S. troops to the international military mission in Libya.

In two votes — on competing resolutions that amounted to legislative lectures of Mr. Obama — Congress escalated the brewing constitutional clash over whether he ignored the founding document’s grant of war powers by sending U.S. troops to aid in enforcing a no-fly zone and naval blockade of Libya.

The resolutions were non-binding, and only one of them passed, but taken together, roughly three-quarters of the House voted to put Mr. Obama on notice that he must explain himself or else face future consequences, possibly including having funds for the war cut off.

[moon/Laura]

moving to politics..

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I'm still surprised more people here don't talk about this. This country is tired of war, and Obama, thinking he can do no wrong, of course, really over-stepped on this one. At least Congress has the guts to say it. I hear people say "oil" and "American interests" and "humanitarian etc" but none of that seemed to matter when the LAST wars were starting. Also interesting is the people that don't worry about Libya, but will foam at the mouth at the mention of Israel. Weird times we are living in.

[billisonboard]

The sad part is they passed the weaker of two non-binding resolutions.