Bipartisan panel to rewrite government's policies for going to war
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"The National War Powers Commission is set to announce this morning that it "has unanimously concluded after a year of study that the law purporting to govern the decision to engage in war — the 1973 War Powers Resolution — should be replaced by a new law that would, except for emergencies, require the president and Congressional leaders to discuss the matter before going to war."
Geez...Dont they already do that. Bush did not make the decision himself!
"Those conclusions/ are based on the bipartisan panel's determination that the current state of affairs is "ineffective at best and unconstitutional at worst."
It's funny they dont list any Republicans that are on this panel.
"..the act would create a joint Congressional committee made up of the leaders of the House and the Senate as well as the chairmen and ranking members of key committees. These are the members of Congress with whom the president would need to personally consult."
In a Dem controlled congress..guess who those persons would be...Waxman, Leahy, Durbin...GOD help us
Update at 11:19 a.m. ET: With excerpts from the Act...
Lee Hamilton, a Democrat on the panel, says they have been in touch with both major-party presidential candidates about the changes they're advocating. "It would be a wonderful start to a new administration," he tells reporters in Washington.
AAARRRRRGGGGGGG.....Get these fools out of there!!
Update..
Here is a Google News search of Articles on this latest Stunt...
Funny, it isn't Congress' job to determine the minute details of fighting the war.
It is their job to determine if we are going to war and, if so, to fund it.
That is all.
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I'm curious to see who these fellows are...
I never understood the virtue in compromising with those who are wrong to go against the Constitution for the sake of popularity, even during an election year.
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In addition to Baker and Christopher, the other members are former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton,
former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton,
former U.S. Trade Representative Carla A. Hills,
former Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh, Jr.,
former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese,
former U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Abner J. Mikva,
former Admiral J. Paul Reason,
former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft,
Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter,
Brookings Institution President Strobe Talbott.
University of Virginia Law School Dean John Jeffries and College of William & Mary Interim President Taylor Reveley are the co-directors.
Doris Kearns Goodwin is the historical advisor. Rice University President David Leebron and U.Va. President John T. Casteen III are ex-officio members.
I thought he was one of the good guys. Now he's on planet Scowcraft? I wonder what happened.
Hungering for the limelight and some "strange new respect" from the left, I guess.
They'll probably dictate that no one be killed even if we do go to war.
... the word "Bipartisan" grants immediate and total credibility to any quango that pops its head up.
It's gotten to the point I have a visceral negative reaction to mere seeing the damn word.
"First you win the argument, then you win the vote." - MARGARET THATCHER.
So let's start winning the argument.
You're a Moderate.
It's 1948, how do you feel about busing?
It's 1936, how do you feel about Germany's Chancellor?
It's 1910, how do you feel about the Kaiser?
It's 1850, how do you feel about Slavery?
It's 1770, how do you feel about the King?
Forget the Moderates.
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. --Voltaire
Not the President with the consent of certain Congressmen, the President alone.
The Congress can declare war (Article 1, Section 8) but only the President can wage war. Anything else is unconstitutional.
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