jimnyc
04-16-2018, 05:56 PM
Maybe this is the way to go about things, instead of just declaring everything unconstitutional, even though it's 100% in line with a congressional approved resolution. If folks think there is some butting of the heads going on there, then bring it up in congress and have it clarified or changed. But those who made decisions within the guidelines of the resolution, were NOT doing anything illegal, nor outside of their powers. Don't like it? The change it appropriately, as you cannot complain it into change.
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Senators introducing new war powers resolution
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are set to unveil a bipartisan resolution authorizing the use of military force overseas.
The proposal would accelerate a debate that Congress has been reluctant to have, but that's taking on new urgency after President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes on Syria.
The resolution from Republican Bob Corker of Tennessee and Democrat Tim Kaine of Virginia would not provide congressional authorization for the airstrikes, which were executed with coalition forces in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack against civilians.
Instead, it is expected to revisit the broad authorizations Congress approved in 2001 and 2002 for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senators-introducing-war-powers-resolution-204540846.html
Sen. Bob Corker aims for middle ground in new war powers authorization proposal
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bob Corker plans to move forward as early as next week on a bipartisan resolution updating President Donald Trump’s authority to use military force in the ongoing war against terrorism.
Corker, the Tennessee Republican who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., rolled out a proposal on Monday that would update the president’s existing legal authority for using military force to fight terrorism in the Middle East while at the same time placing some new restrictions on that authority.
The resolution authorizes the executive branch to use “all necessary and appropriate force” against al-Qaida, the Taliban, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and any “associated forces.”
The proposal, the result of months of bipartisan negotiations, does not provide legal authority for military action against any nation state, which means it would have had no bearing on Trump’s decision to order military strikes last weekend against Syria.
Those air strikes, launched in coordination with France and Great Britain, were in retaliation for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons attacks against his own people.
Corker said his committee will begin considering the new resolution early next week.
“It is my belief the president has all of the authorities he needs today to combat terrorism,” Corker said, adding that he felt the same when Barack Obama was president.
“However, there have been a lot of voices in Congress that have wished to weigh in on this issue,” he said.
Rest - https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/16/sen-bob-corker-unveils-bipartisan-resolution-giving-president-power-use-miltiary-action-fight-terror/521267002/
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Senators introducing new war powers resolution
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are set to unveil a bipartisan resolution authorizing the use of military force overseas.
The proposal would accelerate a debate that Congress has been reluctant to have, but that's taking on new urgency after President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes on Syria.
The resolution from Republican Bob Corker of Tennessee and Democrat Tim Kaine of Virginia would not provide congressional authorization for the airstrikes, which were executed with coalition forces in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack against civilians.
Instead, it is expected to revisit the broad authorizations Congress approved in 2001 and 2002 for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senators-introducing-war-powers-resolution-204540846.html
Sen. Bob Corker aims for middle ground in new war powers authorization proposal
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bob Corker plans to move forward as early as next week on a bipartisan resolution updating President Donald Trump’s authority to use military force in the ongoing war against terrorism.
Corker, the Tennessee Republican who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., rolled out a proposal on Monday that would update the president’s existing legal authority for using military force to fight terrorism in the Middle East while at the same time placing some new restrictions on that authority.
The resolution authorizes the executive branch to use “all necessary and appropriate force” against al-Qaida, the Taliban, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and any “associated forces.”
The proposal, the result of months of bipartisan negotiations, does not provide legal authority for military action against any nation state, which means it would have had no bearing on Trump’s decision to order military strikes last weekend against Syria.
Those air strikes, launched in coordination with France and Great Britain, were in retaliation for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons attacks against his own people.
Corker said his committee will begin considering the new resolution early next week.
“It is my belief the president has all of the authorities he needs today to combat terrorism,” Corker said, adding that he felt the same when Barack Obama was president.
“However, there have been a lot of voices in Congress that have wished to weigh in on this issue,” he said.
Rest - https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/16/sen-bob-corker-unveils-bipartisan-resolution-giving-president-power-use-miltiary-action-fight-terror/521267002/