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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Jun 21, 2019, 02:20 PM Jun 2019

Pelosi tells Trump: No 'hostilities' with Iran unless Congress approves

Source: The Hill

BY ARIS FOLLEY - 06/21/19 02:13 PM EDT

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday emphasized that U.S. military action against Iran "must not be initiated" without congressional approval, after President Trump approved and then reversed a decision to strike Iran over the downing of a U.S. drone this week.

Pelosi told reporters that she was not notified by officials of the president's decision on Thursday to approve the military strike when she and other congressional leaders went to the White House for a briefing that day.

“We left with the idea that the president was going to consider some options,” Pelosi told reporters on Friday. “I did not receive any heads up that there was a strike that was in the works.”

“Maybe the other leaders did on the Republican side, but I did not receive any of that,” she added.

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Pelosi tells Trump: No 'hostilities' with Iran unless Congress approves (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2019 OP

Trump will do what he wants in order to change the subject from little problems like this... JoeOtterbein Jun 2019 #1

and when he ignores congress again, what are you going to do about it after the fact? nt msongs Jun 2019 #2

The War Powers Act gives any President authority to do what he was planning madville Jun 2019 #4

He has 48 hrs to notify congress. EX500rider Jun 2019 #3

JoeOtterbein

(7,702 posts)

1. Trump will do what he wants in order to change the subject from little problems like this...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Jun 21, 2019, 02:33 PM

Jun 2019

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msongs

(67,420 posts)

2. and when he ignores congress again, what are you going to do about it after the fact? nt

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Jun 21, 2019, 02:47 PM

Jun 2019

madville

(7,412 posts)

4. The War Powers Act gives any President authority to do what he was planning

Reply to msongs (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 21, 2019, 06:23 PM

Jun 2019

He has 48 hours to notify Congress AFTER hostilities have started and can wage war for 60 days without Congressional approval.

EX500rider

(10,849 posts)

3. He has 48 hrs to notify congress.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Jun 21, 2019, 04:44 PM

Jun 2019

You'd think she'd know that.

War Powers Act:
The War Powers Resolution requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30-day withdrawal period, without a Congressional authorization for use of military force (AUMF) or a declaration of war by the United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution

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