Boehner: US Congress Has "Power Of Purse" On Libya

[Purveyor]

Source: REUTERS

(Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday that a White House argument that the United States was not in the middle of hostilities in Libya did not pass the "straight face" test.

Boehner told reporters that the White House letter lawmakers received Wednesday didn't make clear whether President Barack Obama's legal advisers agreed that the Libyan conflict was too limited to require congressional authorization under the 1973 War Powers Resolution.

Boehner warned U.S. lawmakers still had options for dealing with the Libyan conflict, including "the power of the purse" -- that is, cutting off funding for the war.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/16/usa-libya-boehner-idUSW1E7H900C20110616

[still_one]

1. Gosh, you mean the Democrats could have done that with Iraq? Of course they were "scared" they

would be called unpatriotic if they did that

The repukes do it, and the silence is deafening, from all perspectives

[Arctic Dave]

2. Don't stop there, do them all.

Fuck the MIC and all who are in it.

[krabigirl]

3. End this war, end them all, bring our troops home.

[Ikonoklast]

4. Boehner just read the Constitution.

"Hey, will you look at that! Learn something new every day!".

[SoapBox]

5. Too bad Sir Boner of Orange, that you didn't worry about the strings when BushCo. spent billions.

...such an assjack.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Go right ahead! I dare ya!

and watch Darth Cheney emerge from his chamber (along with the gestapo Neocons) and reach across Virginia with a deathgrip on yo' a$$! :rofl:

[Iliyah]

7. Boner is all bark

he's doing nothing because his cronies are making too much money.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. +1000!!!!!

:rofl:

[Odin2005]

9. Republican, thy name is Hypocrite.

[trud]

10. I wish.

Cut off funding for all the stupid wars the US is involved in.

[Gregorian]

11. This is really entertaining.

I'm dying to see what happens.

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