I thought the budget that Congress passed did NOT include funding for the war. I remember legislators complaining that it was insulting to their intelligence since after all we were already in Iraq at the time...
samcfug writes: > It is called the "War Powers Act" which gives the President to wage war as his > sole discretion for 90 days, after which he must receive congressional approval > to continue. While not explicitly titled "Declaration of War" or even a > resolution that a state of war exists, Congress has passed legislation granting > funding for this war, as well as resolutions supporting the Administration, > which serves (I guess) as a substitute for a formal Declaration. > > Therefore for all practical purposes a Declaration of War has been enacted by > the Legislative branch. > > P. S. I did not vote for the current president, and will never vote for him. > > > | > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
