"House Rebukes Obama Administration On Libya Intervention!" (Kucinich Bill)

[KoKo]

House Rebukes Obama Administration On Libya Intervention
Elise Foley

WASHINGTON -- The House rebuked President Obama's decision to intervene in Libya in March without consent from Congress, voting on Friday to demand the White House provide a specific justification of the national security importance of military action in Libya.

The U.S. entered Libya in mid-March and is now engaged in a NATO mission to oust dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Just after approving a resolution drafted by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in a 268-145 vote, the House voted down a more drastic resolution that would have demanded a withdrawal from Libya within 15 days. That bill, written by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), failed in a 148 to 265 vote, garnering 87 votes from Republicans and 61 from Democrats -- a surprising tally for a measure from one of the most liberal Democrats in Congress.

As the House of Representatives debated the two resolutions, each party splintered over support for its leadership. Democrats divided into Kucinich supporters and defenders of Obama, who said the administration was right to intervene in Libya.

While 223 Republicans voted in support of Boehner's resolution, others said the bill was too weak and did not offer a sufficiently strong condemnation of Obama's actions.
The Boehner resolution, unlike Kucinich's, includes no specific demands for the administration's military decisions, instead focusing on admonishing the president for failing to ask Congress before intervening in a foreign country. But the measure does not say that Obama's actions were in violation of the 1973 War Powers Resolution, which states that Congress must authorize the use of force, as Kucinich's does.

More...and this is a very good read! (Kudo's to the reporter) at.....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/03/libya-house-obama-administration_n_870996.html

[Uben]

1. They rebuked on Boner's bill, did not pass Kucinich bill

nt

[frazzled]

2. Yes, it's a very good read

You might like to actually read it: the resolution was drafted by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in a 268-145 vote; the House voted down a more drastic resolution by Kucinich that would have demanded withdrawal from Libya in 15 days.

Yay, we just love it when John Boehner passes a bill (one he would have been violently opposed to if this were Bush participating in a NATO operation). It does help him to come ever so much closer to his stated goal of taking the president down. I'm glad you appreciate it.

[CakeGrrl]

3. Cheering on the Republicans, now?

Through the looking-glass. Enjoy your strange bedfellows.

[Thrill]

4. Democrats enabling Republicans

against the Democratic President. They never learn how to play the game. They essentially give a news cycle win to Republicans. Dumbasses

[DevonRex]

5. You like Republican bills?

[Drunken Irishman]

6. You think it's a very good read, but did you actually read it?

This wasn't Kucinich's resolution - it was John Boehner's.

[AtomicKitten]

12. +1

[bhikkhu]

7. I think Obama has done the right thing in Libya

...but I also don't mind if Congress insists on dotting the i's and so forth. The chain of precedents for not-quite authorized action has gotten a bit too long, over the past few decades.

[Tarheel_Dem]

8. Atta Boy, KoKo....

:thumbsup:







:eyes:

[great white snark]

9. Hooray for Republican bills passing! (NOT Kucinich Bill)

Oy

[treestar]

10. Hypocritical Republicans

Would have praised a Republican president for doing exactly the same thing.

[AtomicKitten]

11. Fail and a half.

House GOP block Kucinich bill and vote for weaksauce Boehner bill instead.

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted down a resolution crafted by anti-war Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D - OH) which would have mandated President Barack Obama to immediately end the U.S. military involvement in Libya.

The measure failed Friday with a final vote of 148-265, after it was initially stalled by House Republicans due to concerns of passage.

The House instead voted in favor of another Resolution authored by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) that would give President Obama an additional 14 days to seek Congressional authorization and swiftly report to Congress on the rationale for the war as well as a cost estimate.

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link: http://www.presstv.com/usdetail/183176.html