Just Three Republicans vote to limit War Powers Act
Only three Republicans voted for a resolution on Thursday to, in theory, restrain the authority of the President to wage war under the War Powers Act. See videos from them, below. Independent, Senator Justin Amash also voted for the resolution.
8 Democrats voted to express their honest warmonger nature while 3 Republicans had the balls to assert Congress' constitutional authority over War. Analysis: https://t.co/cUVG7MLq4n #WarPowers pic.twitter.com/mFyDsIEWdD
— 🔥 iroots.org (@irootsorg) January 10, 2020
The vote was 224-194. Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Francis Rooney of Florida crossed party lines to vote in favor while Democratic Reps. Max Rose of New York, Ben McAdams of Utah, Anthony Brindisi of New York, Joe Cunningham of South Carolina, Elaine Luria of Virginia, Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, Kendra Horn of Oklahoma and Stephanie Murphy of Florida voted against the resolution.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/09/politics/house-vote-war-powers-resolution-iran/index.html
I represent more troops than any other member of this body. I buried one of them earlier today at Arlington.
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) January 9, 2020
If our servicemembers have the courage to fight and die in these wars, Congress ought to have the courage to vote for or against them.
I’m voting for this resolution. pic.twitter.com/cSCBG7CmIm
If you’re not depressed enough already about our feckless Congress, check out this write-up from the sometimes excellent LA Times:
Not once since the 1973 law was adopted has Congress successfully used it to block a president’s military actions, including some rather large-scale and long-term operations, such as President Reagan committing nearly 2,000 troops in Grenada in 1983 and President Clinton committing thousands of troops in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1995…
The threat, or attempt, to pass a war powers resolution has largely become a political tool that allows Congress to criticize a president’s actions without taking a difficult vote themselves, said Columbia University law professor Matthew Waxman…
UPDATE: Moments ago Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) was interviewed on Tucker Carlson’s show. This should be good…
"If we go to war, it needs to be with the blessing and the support of the people and a clear mission that our soldiers can accomplish. We do that by following the vision of our founding fathers - we debate it on the floor of the House." pic.twitter.com/ByKDVQF5od
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) January 9, 2020
Ever heard of "Limited Government?" And guess what, name a military adventure/conflict post WWII and you won't be naming a war that has anything to do with "impending aggression" on our nation. It's not suppose to be easy to go off fighting international wars!
— 🔥 iroots.org (@irootsorg) January 10, 2020
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Ok, I'll admit it...I'm curious to see what Pres Trump will say...