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@SecPompeo @HouseForeign "It shouldn't have been so difficult to get you here," @HouseForeign Chair @RepEliotEngel to @SecPompeo says he's disappointed Secretary of State visit to Capitol Hill is so short and took so long to set up following US airstrike on #Soleimani
@SecPompeo @HouseForeign @RepEliotEngel Ranking member @RepMcCaul says the president acted with enormous restraint as #iran attacked US assets and was entirely within his rights to order the airstrike on #Soleimani
Reminder: @realDonaldTrump LOST this case on the merits & will likely lose again on appeal. That’s because he used a #FakeEmergency to overturn Congress’s spending decision on the #BorderWall.
Congress DENIED @realDonaldTrump the billions of tax dollars he wanted for the #BorderWall, so he declared a #FakeEmergency to get what he wanted. Congress rejected the wall TWICE via termination votes.
.@realDonaldTrump has no respect for the Constitution & the powers it gives to Congress. That’s apparent in his attempt to steal Congress’s spending powers as well as its #WarPowers. The president is #NotAboveTheLaw.
After today’s vote, how do we ensure that elected officials continue to be accountable for their decisions to put Americans abroad in harm’s way?
Make authorizations for the use of military force automatically expire within one year. No more “grandfathering” in. #WarPowers
Make authorizations for the use of military force automatically expire within one year. No more “grandfathering” in. #WarPowers
Congress should clarify the definition of “hostilities,” erasing dangerous ambiguity in what military actions require reporting to Congress. #WarPowers #Iran
Congress has not updated the 2001 and 2002 authorizations for the use of military force in Afghanistan and Iraq. In that time, 3 presidents have now invoked them for military action far afield from their original purposes.
Congress must enforce its will. #WarPowers #Iran
Congress must enforce its will. #WarPowers #Iran
