Leave it to our intrepid Congressmen and women to vote against giving Obama authority in Libya and then vote for the money. This sounds like the "I was for it before I was against it" act that John Kerry used in the 2004 election.
tampajeff: Sorry for jumping in on your post, but I still haven't figured out how to comment. Congress and the Pres have been playing chicken with the constitutionality of the War Powers Act since day one. The pres is CINC, but Congress has the power to declare war. I was hoping Congress would find its huevos and get this question before the Supremes to be resolved once and for all.
Does Congress want to settle the implementation of the War Powers Act? My guess is no. They want an ISSUE, not a solution. Both sides can claim whatever "moral ground" they wish and ignore that they voted the opposite with the next vote. Few in Congress have the "huevos" (I like to say "piedras" or "stones") to actually take a stand on the War, unlike the troops in the field who must actually fight. Oh how I want to call them something nasty!
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