For months Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has been warning Congress that a failure to raise the federal government’s $14.3 trillion debt limit would have “catastrophic economic consequences.” But now that financial Armegeddon is supposedly just weeks away, Geithner is raising the possibility that he may ignore the law en
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According to The Hill, former-Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty told the Council on Foreign Relations in New York today that the War Powers Act “does not apply” to the current U.S. military operation in Libya. This appears to be the same position President Obama took on the issue.
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Today is the 60th day since President Obama sent a letter to Congress explaining his military actions in Libya. Therefore, according to the War Powers Act, Obama must cease all military action in Libya unless Congress: 1) has authorized force; 2) has extended the deadline: or 3) can’t physically meat because the nation is under attack.
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Six Republican Senators will sign a letter this afternoon asking President Obama if he intends to comply with War Powers Act regarding Libya. Sens.
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The lone Obama administration witness at this morning’s Senate Foreign Relation Committee hearing on Libya, Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, told Ranking Member Richard Lugar, R-Ind., that the Obama administration intends to comply with the War Powers Act: “The administration is committed to act consistent with the war powers act,” Steinberg said.
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Just days before his authority to conduct military action in Libya is set to run out, the Obama administration refused to provide today’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Libya with a Department of Defense witness. Ranking Member Dick Lugar, R-Ind., was not amused:
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