Bi-Partisan Legislation News

[Hawnjigs]

Passed by a large 370 to 40 majority in the United States House of Representatives the resolution declares:

"The President shall not deploy or maintain United States Armed Forces in a sustained combat role in Iraq without specific statutory authorization for such use enacted after the date of the adoption of this concurrent resolution."

This contradicts and hopefully supercedes the 2001-2002 congressional mandates authorizing Presidential discretion war powers.

 

[Jig Man]

Well krap... Looks like we are going to Iraq!!!

 

[Hawnjigs]

I thought the legislation was to AVOID going back to Iraq? What am I missing?

 

[Jig Man]

I thought the legislation was to AVOID going back to Iraq? What am I missing?

Because they are telling your president he CAN'T do something!!!

 

[AtticaFish]

Heck..... had to look up what a Statutory Authorization was. That didn't help. Who is or what are the rules of this statutory authorization?

 

[Hawnjigs]

Good question, and I'm still confused even after this best reference I could find.

http://administrativelaw.uslegal.com/administrative-agency-investigations/statutory-authorization/