White House says Democrats have perverted war powers law to obstruct Trump
What's the endgame here?
EXCLUSIVE — Senior White House officials are seething at the prospect of fighting another tranche of war powers resolutions, saying that Democrats have “perverted” a law meant to assert congressional authority over declaring war into a “method to delay or obstruct the Republican agenda.”
In the last week, Democrats filed five new bills alone, aimed at delaying and obstructing President Donald Trump‘s ability to wage war with Iran. The White House contends the maneuvering is “far from a genuine effort to assert Congress’s constitutional authority.”
“They have sort of perverted this into a method to delay or obstruct the Republican agenda, while at the very same time having confirmed Congress’s perspective on these war operations more times than any Congress in history,” a senior White House official told the Washington Examiner. “The Democratic gadfly strategy on these, which they’ve been relatively explicit about, has overwhelmingly backfired and led to more congressional support for President Trump’s efforts to safeguard American troops and interests abroad, rather than less.”
Trump has faced nine war powers resolution votes in the current Congress: five in the Senate and four concurrent resolutions in the House of Representatives. The first War Powers Resolution was passed in 1973, but, since then, the Senate has only voted on 11 war powers bills in total — eight of which targeted Trump across his first and second terms.
“They have lost every single vote at this point, other than a single procedural motion in the Senate, which was quickly reversed,” one senior White House official vented to the Washington Examiner. “If I were [zero] for nine on these votes, the press would be writing about it.”
The original 1973 war powers law required all presidents to notify Congress of U.S. military action within 48 hours and blocked U.S. forces from staying deployed beyond 60 days without additional congressional approval. Both Democrats and Republicans have argued the law is supposed to reassert congressional prerogative to declare war, which the U.S. Constitution explicitly states is exclusive to the legislative branch.
Since Trump took office a little over a year ago, Democrats have pushed a slew of war powers resolutions seeking to tie his hands on Venezuela, Iran, as well as preventing the U.S. from striking drug boats in the Caribbean.
Republicans have voted down each of the resolutions, including a vote last week following Trump’s strikes on Iran. …
What's the endgame here?
EXCLUSIVE — Senior White House officials are seething at the prospect of fighting another tranche of war powers resolutions, saying that Democrats have “perverted” a law meant to assert congressional authority over declaring war into a “method to delay or obstruct the Republican agenda.”
In the last week, Democrats filed five new bills alone, aimed at delaying and obstructing President Donald Trump‘s ability to wage war with Iran. The White House contends the maneuvering is “far from a genuine effort to assert Congress’s constitutional authority.”
“They have sort of perverted this into a method to delay or obstruct the Republican agenda, while at the very same time having confirmed Congress’s perspective on these war operations more times than any Congress in history,” a senior White House official told the Washington Examiner. “The Democratic gadfly strategy on these, which they’ve been relatively explicit about, has overwhelmingly backfired and led to more congressional support for President Trump’s efforts to safeguard American troops and interests abroad, rather than less.”
Trump has faced nine war powers resolution votes in the current Congress: five in the Senate and four concurrent resolutions in the House of Representatives. The first War Powers Resolution was passed in 1973, but, since then, the Senate has only voted on 11 war powers bills in total — eight of which targeted Trump across his first and second terms.
“They have lost every single vote at this point, other than a single procedural motion in the Senate, which was quickly reversed,” one senior White House official vented to the Washington Examiner. “If I were [zero] for nine on these votes, the press would be writing about it.”
The original 1973 war powers law required all presidents to notify Congress of U.S. military action within 48 hours and blocked U.S. forces from staying deployed beyond 60 days without additional congressional approval. Both Democrats and Republicans have argued the law is supposed to reassert congressional prerogative to declare war, which the U.S. Constitution explicitly states is exclusive to the legislative branch.
Since Trump took office a little over a year ago, Democrats have pushed a slew of war powers resolutions seeking to tie his hands on Venezuela, Iran, as well as preventing the U.S. from striking drug boats in the Caribbean.
Republicans have voted down each of the resolutions, including a vote last week following Trump’s strikes on Iran. …
White House says Democrats have perverted war powers law to obstruct Trump
What's the endgame here?
EXCLUSIVE — Senior White House officials are seething at the prospect of fighting another tranche of war powers resolutions, saying that Democrats have “perverted” a law meant to assert congressional authority over declaring war into a “method to delay or obstruct the Republican agenda.”
In the last week, Democrats filed five new bills alone, aimed at delaying and obstructing President Donald Trump‘s ability to wage war with Iran. The White House contends the maneuvering is “far from a genuine effort to assert Congress’s constitutional authority.”
“They have sort of perverted this into a method to delay or obstruct the Republican agenda, while at the very same time having confirmed Congress’s perspective on these war operations more times than any Congress in history,” a senior White House official told the Washington Examiner. “The Democratic gadfly strategy on these, which they’ve been relatively explicit about, has overwhelmingly backfired and led to more congressional support for President Trump’s efforts to safeguard American troops and interests abroad, rather than less.”
Trump has faced nine war powers resolution votes in the current Congress: five in the Senate and four concurrent resolutions in the House of Representatives. The first War Powers Resolution was passed in 1973, but, since then, the Senate has only voted on 11 war powers bills in total — eight of which targeted Trump across his first and second terms.
“They have lost every single vote at this point, other than a single procedural motion in the Senate, which was quickly reversed,” one senior White House official vented to the Washington Examiner. “If I were [zero] for nine on these votes, the press would be writing about it.”
The original 1973 war powers law required all presidents to notify Congress of U.S. military action within 48 hours and blocked U.S. forces from staying deployed beyond 60 days without additional congressional approval. Both Democrats and Republicans have argued the law is supposed to reassert congressional prerogative to declare war, which the U.S. Constitution explicitly states is exclusive to the legislative branch.
Since Trump took office a little over a year ago, Democrats have pushed a slew of war powers resolutions seeking to tie his hands on Venezuela, Iran, as well as preventing the U.S. from striking drug boats in the Caribbean.
Republicans have voted down each of the resolutions, including a vote last week following Trump’s strikes on Iran. …
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