1995 GOP Memo: Congress Must Authorize War or No Funds!

[AnnInLa]

from a Kos diary by JLFinch:

A bit of fortuitous surfing just led me to this September 28, 1995 U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee memo. The memo pertains to the Clinton Administration plan to deploy troops to Bosnia.

It states that:

Regarding Bosnia, during consideration of that same bill, the Senate passed a sense of
Congress amendment that no funds should be made available to deploy U.S. armed forces to
participate in the implementation of a peace settlement in Bosnia unless previously authorized
by Congress. Another provision on the same bill opposed U.S. participation in any
peacekeeping or peace-enforcing operations unless "the President initiates consultations with
the bipartisan leadership of Congress" p. S14271].

and

The decision to send U.S. troops to any region warrants Congressional scrutiny.

The GOP demands hearings on the matter - "EXTENSIVE" hearings.

more at http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/2/16/45132/1563

[wakeme2008]

1. Upsy... ROFL

:rofl:

[yurbud]

2. they were well within their rights to do this--and the Democrats would be TOO. What the fuck...

is worth their fucking timidity?

When they are in the minority, they say they are powerless. When they are in the majority, they say they are held hostage by the minority.

I suspect this a little minstrel show they're putting on for us to make it look like they oppose the war, but they want to keep it going, just as the Vietnam War continued when it changed hands from LBJ to Nixon.