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Saturday, July 26, 2014

U.S. House votes overwhelmingly for say on Obama's Iraq decisions


U.S. House votes overwhelmingly for say on Obama's Iraq decisions

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/25/us-iraq-usa-congress-idUSKBN0FU1YG20140725


Is Congress rediscovering its constitutional role and powers?
According the the U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 8, the Congress of the United States "shall have the power to ... provide for the common defense ...
To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;
To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years;
To provide and maintain a navy;
To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces;
To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress ...

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