Ohmar, Lee, Kaine, announce war powers resolution to prevent war with Iran

[Mountain Man]

Right, all of a sudden MM, the conservative political junky that he is, doesn't know anything about the outspoken ultra conservative 9 year Senator, Mike Lee.

I know he got his nose out of joint when Trump didn't nominate him to the Supreme Court, but other than that, no, I don't know much about him.

Is there anything in particular you think I should know?

[Mountain Man]

Reps. Ilhan Omar and Barbara Lee Announce War Powers Resolution To Prevent War With Iran

And now for the punchline!

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...ent-president/

[Cow Poke]

And now for the punchline!

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...ent-president/

But they're getting themselves on the record for future Republican ad campaigns.

[Mountain Man]

But they're getting themselves on the record for future Republican ad campaigns.

Ilhan Omar giggling and sharing a joke with her colleagues as Shelia Jackson Lee talked about US casualties during the Iraq war is certain to make an ad or two.

[Cow Poke]

Ilhan Omar giggling and sharing a joke with her colleagues as Shelia Jackson Lee talked about US casualties during the Iraq war is certain to make an ad or two.

EGGcellent campaign video!

[JimL]

And now for the punchline!

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...ent-president/

And you like the Idea of putting the power to start a war in the hands of the Executive.

[rogue06]

Soleimani is joining a long list of bloody handed monsters revered by the left. He is being enshrined with the likes "Uncle Joe" Stalin (who Star still claims was a right winger ) and Mao. I'm old enough to remember all the leftists running about carrying the latter's Little Red Book and spouting quotes from it in response to virtually everything (the Beatles even mocked folks like that in one of their songs).

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[lilpixieofterror]

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It is interesting that so many will immortalize a person that would likely kill them or groups they like (last I checked, Iran was still executing gay people).

[rogue06]

Ilhan Omar giggling and sharing a joke with her colleagues as Shelia Jackson Lee talked about US casualties during the Iraq war is certain to make an ad or two.

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[Sparko]

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[rogue06]

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[NorrinRadd]

And you like the Idea of putting the power to start a war in the hands of the Executive.

Hammer explains why that power has always been vested in the Executive.

[JimL]

Hammer explains why that power has always been vested in the Executive.

Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution gives the power to declare war to Congress, not the President. Presidents, and to some extent Congress, have ignored this, though in 1973 Congress through the war powers resolution tried to wrest that ceded power back from the President, though, again to little effect. But the Constitution is clear, only Congress can declare war, the President, as Commander and Chief, can direct it once declared.

[DivineOb]

Yet we managed to fight a whole "war" in Korea with never a congressional declaration.

I didn't know that. Here are the official declarations of war from Congress, nothing past 1942.

I wonder what happened with the 14 senators who didn't vote in favor of the war with Japan.

On December 8, 1941, Congress approved a resolution declaring war with Japan. The Senate unanimously approved the resolution, 82-0.

[Mountain Man]

Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution gives the power to declare war to Congress, not the President.

Right, and since we haven't declared war, and since the President authorized a limited combat operation well within his Constitutional authority as Commander in Chief, and since open hostilities have now ceased after less than a week, what's the problem? Even Nancy Pelosi has defended the president, saying that he has the authority to order military strikes without Congressional approval.

Of course that was back when Obama was president. She's singing a different tune today.