TPMCD: LOST ON LIBYA -- House Won’t OK Libya Mission — Or Defund It

[markpkessinger]

So, the House doesn't have the courage to defund the mission, but they still want to be able to claim to have been opposed. Disgusting.

House Defeats Effort To Yank Funds For Libya War And To Authorize the Mission

Susan Crabtree | June 24, 2011, 2:31PM

In a confused message to President Obama, the House on Friday voted down both a bill to defund U.S. involvement in the Libya mission and a measure that would have granted the mission Congressional approval for one year.

All week, support had been building in the House for repudiating Obama's handling of the war with most concerns focused on his failure to consult Congress and gain its approval before authorizing airstrikes. But that movement fell short of sending the harshest rebuke at Congress' disposal -- cutting off funds -- although members registered their disapproval of the war and Obama's handling of it by failing to give it the Congressional seal of approval.

The final vote on the defunding bill was 180 in favor and 238 opposed. In the first vote, the House overwhelmingly voted down a bill that would have authorized U.S. military action in Libya for one year, 295 to 123.

The Senate has no plans to cut off funding, so the vote was largely symbolic, but it still constitutes a small victory for the President and his intervention in Libya and a sign of his support among the Democratic caucus amid a divisive debate about his decision to launch airstrikes in Libya without Congressional approval.

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[bluestate10]

1. Correct decision. The Senate would have defeated de-funding anyway. nt

[sabrina 1]

2. When it comes to money for war, they can't help themselves.

No money for the poor, but did anyone think they would NOT vote for more billions of dollars for their lobbying military contractorss?

I guess they'll save a little when they go in to occupy Libya by using the troops they are taking out of Afghanistan, still leaving more there than there were before the surge.

Maybe instead of trying to stop this, liberals should go with the flow and see if we can get in on this very profitable game?

[Distant Observer]

3. Libyan WAR IS ILLEGAL until Hillary gets her a$$ to Congress. DoD and Intel have refused

to justify the Hillary-Saudi SCAM.

It is up to the Sec of State and other supporting the Libyan intervention to go before congress and get support for the war. Otherwise, the Repugs will be able to say Obama is violating the law - the War Powers Act.

This is not good for democrats facing a 2012 election.

[catabryna]

4. Chicken shits! nt

[Distant Observer]

5. Repug have Obama where they want him -- War goes on, but the say he is violating the WPA