Posted on 02/13/2020 12:01:02 PM PST by conservative98
The Senate on Thursday voted to pass a resolution limiting President Trumps power to order military strikes against Iran without the approval of Congress.
The bipartisan 55 to 45 vote in which eight Republicans joined all Democrats in approving the resolution was seen as a rebuke of Trumps opposition to consulting Congress when making foreign policy decisions.
But the measure is largely symbolic as it has been slammed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Trump, and so is not likely to garner enough Republican support to override an expected presidential veto. That would require a two-thirds majority.
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Yep. I’ll be glad when Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Lamar Alexander are no longer in the Senate. That day can’t happen soon enough.
No Twit Womney????? He must have really had his ar$e scalded over his impeachment votes.
That’s what the veto hammer is there for.
They need to pass a law about any war around November 2024.
They should make up their minds. They condemned Trump for refusing to go to war in Syria, now they forbid him fro LM responding to hostilities from Iran. Basically they want the Obama foreign policy where we appease radical Islam wherever it exists and make war on anyone else in the Middle East.
Probably because he still envisions himself as being President someday..
Read post # 13
-—Mixed feelings on this one. Im sick and tired of military missions in these third-world s*hole Islamic armpits. On the other hand we cannot let any of these fanatics get nukes.-—
For me it’s not about Iran at all. It’s about Congress trying to hamstring Trump with restrictions that no other President would be subject to.
Special rules for Trump only - because they don’t like him - is the problem.
Thank God we are rid of Alexander this year. Cordupt worthless POS! Now to primary the rest!
I just called Sen Jerry Moran to express my disappointment
Imagine how this would limit Trump’s threat the Iranian regime and stymie any resolution that Trump might otherwise be able to force on them. This would actually make it more dangerous in the area for American forces. These people are miffed and acting out as opposed to acting in favor of the United States. As far as I am concerned each and every Republican who voted for this needs to be primaried.
Don’t you wish they would protect the border as much as Iran?
And it will be vetoed just like it was last year. Useless grandstanding by the Swamp whores
The ghost of McCain:
Bomb Iran, bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran...
Agree. These idiots need to be voted out. If we cannot have a President who targets threats to America, we have idiots in Congress. We bombed Japan with nukes and it saved an invasion of Japan. These idiots would take months to make a decision.
Such measure have zero practical or constitutional effect Its just more b s
No Mirth Romulan because he is feeling the heat from the last act of stupidity.
Someone should tell these dimwits that there hasn’t yet been a circumstance in Trumps administration that warranted “consulting Congress when making foreign policy decisions”.
In their defense, one could explain it to them - but they wouldn’t understand.
And he will.
All President Trump needs to do is to change the rules of engagement to allow the field commanders to respond without consulting the White House.
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