> A group of House Democrats on Tuesday introduced a measure that would bar President Trump from continuing his military offensive against drug cartels without express approval from Congress.
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> The measure faces steep odds in the Republican-controlled House, where Republican leaders are likely to throw up procedural obstacles, aiming to shield their members from taking a politically fraught vote on whether to restrict Mr. Trump or grant him broad authority for the operations.
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> It comes after two failed efforts by Senate Democrats to force similar action in that chamber.
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> “Congress has to stand up for what is our oversight and our responsibilities, and that’s the War Powers,” said Representative Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee who is leading the effort in the House. “It is Congress’s War Powers prerogative, and Congress has to conduct the real oversight on the administration’s policies.”
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> He was referring to the War Powers Act, a 1973 law aimed at limiting a president’s power to enter an armed conflict without the consent of Congress, which requires that such resolutions be considered and voted upon under expedited procedures.
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> The White House has described the strikes, which have so far killed more than 80 people, as part of a campaign against Venezuelan drug cartels that it accuses of smuggling narcotics into the United States. But some legal experts have condemned the military campaign as illegal, and lawmakers say they have been given insufficient evidence about the nature of the threat or the legal basis for the use of force.
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> “There is no evidence that the people being killed are an imminent threat to the United States of America” Mr. Meeks said in an interview, calling the campaign a combination of the “worst excesses of the war of drugs and the war on terror.”
Soggy-Flounder-3517 on
“No more wars” my ass! trump is a warmongering ghoul.
MochaMischiefs on
BH, this is common sense, folks. No chance should military $$ be used for political gains.
Pyju on
The President of the United States is going to launch a *war* to distract from the fact that he is a rampant, documented pedophile rapist.
Think of that statement. Think of how inconceivable it would be a decade ago. Fuck FOX and every other right-wing propaganda outlet for getting us here.
Celio_leal on
The reason Democrats are against it is because it’s very strange.
M23707 on
Watch the GOP come out and say there is evidence of Yellowcake Uranium — and we must attack NOW!
Sorry General Powell. I believe you believed the evidence presented to you. Someone really wanted that Middle East War and you were only analyzing the evidence presented.
T1Pimp on
Press for vote to bar something that only Congress can legally do in the first place?
Republicans are totally for all this bullshit. Christian conservatives have destroyed this country.
redditpest on
Im sure that will work. “I really want to invade Venezuela, but the democrats are telling me not to do it. I guess I’ll have to stop”
Spec5244 on
Yeah, I’m sure they’ll totally get the votes. Performative.
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> A group of House Democrats on Tuesday introduced a measure that would bar President Trump from continuing his military offensive against drug cartels without express approval from Congress.
>
> The measure faces steep odds in the Republican-controlled House, where Republican leaders are likely to throw up procedural obstacles, aiming to shield their members from taking a politically fraught vote on whether to restrict Mr. Trump or grant him broad authority for the operations.
>
> It comes after two failed efforts by Senate Democrats to force similar action in that chamber.
>
> “Congress has to stand up for what is our oversight and our responsibilities, and that’s the War Powers,” said Representative Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee who is leading the effort in the House. “It is Congress’s War Powers prerogative, and Congress has to conduct the real oversight on the administration’s policies.”
>
> He was referring to the War Powers Act, a 1973 law aimed at limiting a president’s power to enter an armed conflict without the consent of Congress, which requires that such resolutions be considered and voted upon under expedited procedures.
>
> The White House has described the strikes, which have so far killed more than 80 people, as part of a campaign against Venezuelan drug cartels that it accuses of smuggling narcotics into the United States. But some legal experts have condemned the military campaign as illegal, and lawmakers say they have been given insufficient evidence about the nature of the threat or the legal basis for the use of force.
>
> “There is no evidence that the people being killed are an imminent threat to the United States of America” Mr. Meeks said in an interview, calling the campaign a combination of the “worst excesses of the war of drugs and the war on terror.”
“No more wars” my ass! trump is a warmongering ghoul.
BH, this is common sense, folks. No chance should military $$ be used for political gains.
The President of the United States is going to launch a *war* to distract from the fact that he is a rampant, documented pedophile rapist.
Think of that statement. Think of how inconceivable it would be a decade ago. Fuck FOX and every other right-wing propaganda outlet for getting us here.
The reason Democrats are against it is because it’s very strange.
Watch the GOP come out and say there is evidence of Yellowcake Uranium — and we must attack NOW!
Sorry General Powell. I believe you believed the evidence presented to you. Someone really wanted that Middle East War and you were only analyzing the evidence presented.
Press for vote to bar something that only Congress can legally do in the first place?
Republicans are totally for all this bullshit. Christian conservatives have destroyed this country.
Im sure that will work. “I really want to invade Venezuela, but the democrats are telling me not to do it. I guess I’ll have to stop”
Yeah, I’m sure they’ll totally get the votes. Performative.