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Posted on 04/03/2026 6:56:20 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) said Wednesday he will not support the U.S.-Israeli military offensive in Iran after the conflict reaches 60 days without congressional approval.
Curtis wrote in the Salt Lake City-based media outlet Deseret News that the War Powers Resolution of 1973 limits the president’s period of time to respond to “emerging threats.” He called the conflict with Iran nothing new, “a long-standing, well-organized and well-funded campaign against American lives and interests.”
“At the same time, here in America, constitutional limits are in place to temper the president from unilateral authority,” Curtis wrote. “I support the president’s actions taken in defense of American lives and interests. However, I will not support ongoing military action beyond a 60-day window without congressional approval.”
Curtis called the 60-day period a “fully sufficient window for presidents to take emergency measures in response to a national threat and then remit a decision to the duly elected representatives of the people as to whether a state of war should in fact be declared and continued.”
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He is correct.
I think people forget, there is a formal declaration of war passed under W. The war on terror. Every president since has used that rational.
AUMF isn’t a declaration of War, and nobody has argued they are.
He is correct.
I would add this however.
I’d put Patriot defense missiles at
every Republican run state and none
in Democrat run states.
Let them “reap what they sow”.
An honored republican tradition, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
We finish this now or later. It’s started. Get it done.
It won’t take 60 days. He said nothing. He’s free for 5 more years. Hope there’s a challenger.
What an idiot to say that now! We have a warrior on the ground!
Agreed!
Exactly. I’m so tired of these dumb ass Republicans. WTF? They are hardly any better than the Democrats.
Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) needs to shut up and do his frickin’ job!
Just what has our republican congress accomplished with the SAVE Act?
They gave themselves a raise and went on a two week vacation.
They are becoming completely inconsequential!
And they wonder why?
Get over yourselves and do you damn jobs or relinquish YOUR PAY.
You going to go fight?
Wow. Thanks for your input dickweed from Utah.
“I think people forget, there is a formal declaration of war passed under W. The war on terror. Every president since has used that rational.”
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The AUMF was repealed a few years ago for exactly the reason you cite.
Now that you mention it I think you are correct, silly me.
Now that even Trump has declared this a war, without Congressional approval or Constitutional compliance, it’s long past time for all of us who are conservative to return and conserve the Constitution we claim to revere.
Did you tell Obama he needed to end his bombing campaigns and drone strikes that he conducted from 2009 to 2017 in seven countries : Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen? Asking for a friend.
“I think people forget, there is a formal declaration of war passed under W. The war on terror.“
Fake news. Publish a link to this “declaration” or take it back.
Read the latest post.
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