[Peace-discuss] Johnson opposes military action in Libya

[Jenifer Cartwright]

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... --Jenifer 

--- On Tue, 3/22/11, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org> wrote:

From: Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Johnson opposes military action in Libya
To: "Karen Medina" <kmedina67 at gmail.com>
Cc: peace-discuss at anti-war.net
Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 6:18 PM

Kucinich has pledged to introduce an amendment to any funding vehicle
that would defund military operations in Libya - i.e., pretty similar
to what Tim Johnson is proposing. He is circulating a letter to that
effect; the last time I looked, Paul, Jones, and Stark had signed it.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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