Posted on 06/03/2011 1:26:04 PM PDT by xtinct
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.
“He has a chance to get this right. If he doesn’t, Congress will exercise its constitutional authority and make it right,” said House Speaker John A. Boehner, the Ohio Republican who wrote the resolution that passed, 268-145, and sets a two-week deadline for the president to deliver the information the House is seeking.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Oh ya, just stunning, I’m sure Obama is so distraught over this ... /sarcasm
This won’t even make the news and will be forgotten by Monday ...
Boehner is an IDIOT! The Kucinich resolution called for the withdrawal of troops from Libya, period. Boehner admitted yesterday that had he, Boehner, not introduced his own resolution, that just asks Obozo to stop by and explain himself, that Kucinich’s resolution would have PASSED. As it was, with both competing resolutions, 87 Republicans voted for Kucinich’s resolution instead of Boehner’s. I’m very pleased to say that LTC Allen West is one of those who voted for Kucinich’s resolution, which he explained in a Twitter, by saying that Boehner’s resolution wasn’t strong enough.
The Boehner-led Republicans are shameful and weak!
From LTC Allen West’s Twitter:
AllenWest Allen West
I voted w/ Rep Kucinich today for Pres to w/draw troops from Libya in 15 days. I voted against Speaker Boehner- his resolution isn’t strong
36 minutes ago
AllenWest Allen West
We don’t need to give Pres anymore time in Libya. I still don’t understand how US is benefitting from having forces there in the 1st place.
1 hour ago
http://twitter.com/#!/allenwest
This is just not good enough. If he broke the law, he should be impeached. PERIOD.
Yes, start impeachment proceedings immediately.
-—does indeed seem like the correct “rebuff” would be articles of impeachment——it seems we’re just sixteen senate votes away from being able to make it happen. The country can’t afford this White Hut Putz until ‘012.
Agreed... Boehner is too WEAK to be SPEAKER of the HOUSE! He needs to be replaced NOW!
Uh Oh, I predict another 18 holes of golf, out of the country, coming up within the week.
Most lawmakers said that was too rash at this point, and said they wanted to give Mr. Obama time to comply. Some also said immediate withdrawal would leave U.S. allies in the lurch.
And this is why they fail. As the go-along-to-get-along-RINOs go on whimpering.
He's had 70 days to comply. How much more do they want to give?
I'm sure he'll lose a lot of sleep over that.
Now that weird.
I had posted the Drudge headline with this thread title at the end .. and the url for the WTimes article before I saw that GVNana posted the Drudge headline at 2:48
So, understandably,mine was locked and removed as being a dupe.
Now GVnana’s thread has been locked and removed for being a dupe, when hers went up before this current one.
And now this current one, with the WTimes headline, is the standing thread.
So we know for future reference, are Drudge headlines with the linked article and url now not acceptable?
And this is why I call them R E P U B L I C A N ‘ T S, republican’ts. I was hoping the presence of Col. West in their sniveling midst would graft some backbone on them, but it appears not.
More than weird, Starwise.
Oftentimes my posts end up being pulled, and an hour or so later the exact item plus source is posted and sustained.
I have yet to figure out why, but suspect someone among the Admin Mods doesn’t like my opinions, research, or attitude.
I searched the original title and the Drudge headline — came up with nothing, so I posted.
I searched the original title and the Drudge headline — came up with nothing, so I posted.
Mine posted 12:48.
Bump
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