SENATE HOLDS VOTE ON SEN. PAUL'S SENSE OF THE SENATE RESOLUTION

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SENATE HOLDS VOTE ON SEN. PAUL'S SENSE OF THE SENATE RESOLUTION
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tuesday afternoon, The U.S. Senate held a vote on a sense of the Senate resolution, introduced last week by Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.). The language of the resolution simply quoted then-Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama’s words from 2007: “The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.” The measure aimed to put the Senate on record affirming Congress as the body with constitutional authority on matters of war. The motion was tabled, 90-10.

http://www.thecypresstimes.com/article/News/National_News/SENATE_HOLDS_VOTE_ON_SEN_PAULS_SENSE_OF_THE_SENATE_RESOLUTION/43022

Hey, it was multilateral...

What Happened To The American Declaration Of War?

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As our international power and interests surge, it would seem reasonable that our commitment to republican principles would surge. These commitments appear inconvenient. They are meant to be. War is a serious matter, and presidents and particularly Congresses should be inconvenienced on the road to war. Members of Congress should not be able to hide behind ambiguous resolutions only to turn on the president during difficult times, claiming that they did not mean what they voted for. A vote on a declaration of war ends that. It also prevents a president from acting as king by default. Above all, it prevents the public from pretending to be victims when their leaders take them to war. The possibility of war will concentrate the mind of a distracted public like nothing else. It turns voting into a life-or-death matter, a tonic for our adolescent body politic.
http://blogs.forbes.com/beltway/2011/03/30/what-happened-to-the-american-declaration-of-war/