Rep. Amash predicts House GOP won't allow vote on military action in Libya - The Hill's Floor Action Blog - Pete Kasperowicz, May 20, 2011:
"Freshman Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) on Friday predicted that House Republican leaders would not allow a vote to be held on whether the U.S. military should be allowed to continue operations in Libya....
"Amash noted that the War Powers Act (WPA) lets the president commit troops for up to 60 days without permission from Congress, and said the administration would be in violation of the WPA if congressional authorization is not granted after Friday. But he also argued that the WPA only allows troop commitments for reasons related to self-defense, which he said means the WPA was never a legal justification for the U.S. military's participation in Operation Odyssey Dawn in Libya.
'''In fact, the administration has been violating the WPR from the moment the first bomb dropped on Libya,' he wrote."
"Freshman Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) on Friday predicted that House Republican leaders would not allow a vote to be held on whether the U.S. military should be allowed to continue operations in Libya....
"Amash noted that the War Powers Act (WPA) lets the president commit troops for up to 60 days without permission from Congress, and said the administration would be in violation of the WPA if congressional authorization is not granted after Friday. But he also argued that the WPA only allows troop commitments for reasons related to self-defense, which he said means the WPA was never a legal justification for the U.S. military's participation in Operation Odyssey Dawn in Libya.
'''In fact, the administration has been violating the WPR from the moment the first bomb dropped on Libya,' he wrote."
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