[Peace-discuss] Johnson opposes military action in Libya

[Karen Medina]

Good going, Tim Johnson.
I am curious to see what Kucinich does.
-karen medina

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Rohn Koester <rohnkoester at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Johnson opposes military action in Libya
>
> Tue, 03/22/2011 - 11:30am | Tom Kacich
>
> U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson, R-Urbana, who already opposes U.S. involvement in
> wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, today said he would introduce legislation to
> de-fund military action in Libya.
>
> The six-term Republican said he would work with Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich.,
> a freshman congressman, to draft legislation declaring the action
> unconstitutional.
>
> “Constitutionally, it is indisputable that Congress must be consulted prior
> to an act of war unless there is an imminent threat against this country.
> The president has not done so,” Johnson said. “In fact, this is the same man
> who questioned President Bush’s constitutional authority to commit troops to
> war.”
>
> http://www.news-gazette.com/news/politics-and-government/2011-03-22/johnson-opposes-military-action-libya.html
>
>
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