Comments on: If Ya Don’t Understand Congress, Don’t Criticize Congress http://www.rlc.org/education-matters/ The Conscience of the Republican Party Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://www.rlc.org/education-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-13686 John Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:51:42 +0000 http://www.rlc.org/?p=4213#comment-13686 Sorry I meant to say join resolution not concurrent resolution. The War Powers Act gives congress a parliamentary procedure to withdraw it's sanction of military force. Despite what people might say, this legislative war procedure has not been challenged before the Supreme Court and was successful in ending the Vietnam war. It is time for Congress to use it again, instead of cowardly passing the buck to the President. Sorry I meant to say join resolution not concurrent resolution. The War Powers Act gives congress a parliamentary procedure to withdraw it’s sanction of military force. Despite what people might say, this legislative war procedure has not been challenged before the Supreme Court and was successful in ending the Vietnam war. It is time for Congress to use it again, instead of cowardly passing the buck to the President.

]]> By: John http://www.rlc.org/education-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-13646 John Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:59:25 +0000 http://www.rlc.org/?p=4213#comment-13646 Congressman Amash was right on this issue. Libertarians and Conservatives have to admit the failure of "starving the beast" when that same "beast" just runs up huge debt, be it war or social programs. Also, potentially depriving troops of funding when there is no strategy to actually withdraw and discuss this issue with the President is pure political posturing. If the troops were actually deprived of funding in this instance it would be putting them in peril and hoping that it would embarrass the President to action. Sounds politically stupid to me since President Obama was so embarrassed about Health Care. A concurrent resolution is how Congress has controlled the president in the past, since the President denying that would make it a constitutional issue to take to the courts. Also We could negotiate with the President by threatening other programs beloved by him. Congressman Amash was right on this issue. Libertarians and Conservatives have to admit the failure of “starving the beast” when that same “beast” just runs up huge debt, be it war or social programs.

Also, potentially depriving troops of funding when there is no strategy to actually withdraw and discuss this issue with the President is pure political posturing. If the troops were actually deprived of funding in this instance it would be putting them in peril and hoping that it would embarrass the President to action. Sounds politically stupid to me since President Obama was so embarrassed about Health Care.

A concurrent resolution is how Congress has controlled the president in the past, since the President denying that would make it a constitutional issue to take to the courts. Also We could negotiate with the President by threatening other programs beloved by him.

]]> By: Jim Rongstad http://www.rlc.org/education-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-13593 Jim Rongstad Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:12:43 +0000 http://www.rlc.org/?p=4213#comment-13593 Not funding a program is a way to end it. If there is no appropriation, it would not be legal to continue to spend money on it. While I would agree that we should be critical of those who are total statists, it is only natural to be more offended when an ally appears to stray from principle. Not funding a program is a way to end it. If there is no appropriation, it would not be legal to continue to spend money on it. While I would agree that we should be critical of those who are total statists, it is only natural to be more offended when an ally appears to stray from principle.

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