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Kpete Pelosi says Bush has to end the war
By Mike Soraghan
October 07, 2007
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Sunday that Congress cannot end the war in Iraq without President Bush’s approval.
Voters, she told Fox News Sunday, “want it to end and they had expectations that Congress could end it.”
But, she added, “You know we can’t without a presidential signature.”
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/pelosi...
But Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson challenged Pelosi’s assertion just a little later Sunday.
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Madam Speaker that is BULL! No More Excuses-Please Lead Us Out Of This Mess NOW.
Bill Richardson has called Nancy Pelosi and Democratic candidates on their positions on the Iraq war.
He told ABC News’s "This Week" that Congress could "de-authorize" the war without Bush’s signature, using a resolution already introduced by Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.).
"I believe a national movement could be built to support that," Richardson said. "The president cannot veto that because it would be under Article I of the Constitution. That is the decisive step that the American people want. There is a disconnect between the voters and what’s happening in the Congress."
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/pelosi...
Maybe She Needs A Reminder
Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the United States Constitution, sometimes referred to as the War Powers Clause, vests in the Congress the exclusive power to declare war, in the following wording:
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water...
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