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  • CA: Lee, others seek limit to president's pact power (resolution to restrict long-term commitments)

    03/07/2008 10:49:20 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 4 replies · 249+ views
    InsideBayArea.com ^ | 3/7/08 | Josh Richman
    President Bush can't make major, long-term economic and military commitments to Iraq without consulting Congress first, according to a resolution introduced Thursday by several legislative authors, including two Bay Area House members. The resolution isn't binding, acknowledged Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, who crafted it along with Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Petaluma, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, and Rep. Bob Filner, D-San Diego, to put on record congressional opposition to such far-reaching pacts. "Consistently I have seen this administration ... really erode our checks and balances, erode our democracy," Lee told reporters Thursday. "This resolution is long overdue and we've got to...