<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">The current language used [to justify not consulting Congress] focuses on short duration and skips the eminent threat to the homeland stuff. Let's see if that's gonna play...<div> --Jenifer <br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 3/22/11, Robert Naiman <i><naiman@justforeignpolicy.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Robert Naiman <naiman@justforeignpolicy.org><br>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Johnson opposes military action in Libya<br>To: "Karen Medina" <kmedina67@gmail.com><br>Cc: peace-discuss@anti-war.net<br>Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 6:18 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">Kucinich has pledged to introduce an amendment to any funding vehicle<br>that would defund military operations in Libya - i.e., pretty similar<br>to what Tim Johnson is proposing.
He is circulating a letter to that<br>effect; the last time I looked, Paul, Jones, and Stark had signed it.<br><br>On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Karen Medina <<a ymailto="mailto:kmedina67@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=kmedina67@gmail.com">kmedina67@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Good going, Tim Johnson.<br>> I am curious to see what Kucinich does.<br>> -karen medina<br>><br>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Rohn Koester <<a ymailto="mailto:rohnkoester@hotmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=rohnkoester@hotmail.com">rohnkoester@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> Johnson opposes military action in Libya<br>>><br>>> Tue, 03/22/2011 - 11:30am | Tom Kacich<br>>><br>>> U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson, R-Urbana, who already opposes U.S. involvement in<br>>> wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, today said he would introduce legislation to<br>>> de-fund military action in Libya.<br>>><br>>> The six-term
Republican said he would work with Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich.,<br>>> a freshman congressman, to draft legislation declaring the action<br>>> unconstitutional.<br>>><br>>> “Constitutionally, it is indisputable that Congress must be consulted prior<br>>> to an act of war unless there is an imminent threat against this country.<br>>> The president has not done so,” Johnson said. “In fact, this is the same man<br>>> who questioned President Bush’s constitutional authority to commit troops to<br>>> war.”<br>>><br>>> <a href="http://www.news-gazette.com/news/politics-and-government/2011-03-22/johnson-opposes-military-action-libya.html" target="_blank">http://www.news-gazette.com/news/politics-and-government/2011-03-22/johnson-opposes-military-action-libya.html</a><br>>><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Peace-discuss mailing
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