Senate willingly attempts to give up 'advise and consent' in favor of the President having sole control:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...?bill=s112-679
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Doing Away With Separation Of Powers
Senate willingly attempts to give up 'advise and consent' in favor of the President having sole control:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...?bill=s112-679
"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
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That's a scary bill. The house better squelch it quickly.
When I die I'm sure to go to heaven, cause I spent my time in hell.
You get more with a kind word and a two by four, than you do with just a kind word.
Senior Member
the congress has little will to resist the president most issues.
The appointments are practically rubber stamps unless they are so partisans to cause a public stir. It's another power they should not toss away.
(They need to get rid of some of those depts anyway.)
Any bill or congressional announcements on this latest War with Libya yet?
Isn't the presidents 30 day grace period up for using the troops without congressional approval?
Or does the congress have to check with the U.N. or NATO before it can make a decision?
Last edited by revelarts; 05-10-2011 at 10:44 AM.
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Live as free people, yet without employing your freedom as a pretext for wickedness; but live at all times as servants of God. 1 Peter 2:16
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I think the War Powers Act says 60 days. But since it's a NATO thing that might change it a bit.
Senior Member
your right.Originally Posted by fj1200
Nixon was right to veto that thing.
it's a similar to the thread bill.
Cedes power to the president.
It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. The freeman of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened itself by exercise, and entangled the question in precedents. James Madison
Live as free people, yet without employing your freedom as a pretext for wickedness; but live at all times as servants of God. 1 Peter 2:16
Super Minion
This is on appointments, not war acts.
"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
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I know, I was responding to Rev.
Big Chief
Do you really think the Senate should waste its time advising the President on which janitor to hire? If the Senate had to advise and consent on EVERY executive appointment, that would be ALL THEY EVER DID 24/7!!!
The Senate is constitutionally free to give consent in advance. They already have for many sub-cabinet Presidential appointees. They are free to do it for more positions - and free to retract that approval in advance at any time they wish.
Please stop being a pussy.
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