President Obama cleared his first hurdle on Wednesday in his push for a military strike in Syria, as a key Senate panel voted to authorize the use of force... The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 10-7, with one senator voting present, to approve a military strike in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack last month.
The Senate now plans to return early from recess and meet Friday to file the resolution, setting up a key test vote in the full chamber as early as next Wednesday [9/11].
Josh Rogin reports that Harry Reid and Democrats in the Senate are violating the rules to cover for Obama's embarrassing 'red line' gaffe.
Senate Democratic leadership tossed aside the rules for moving legislation with regard to the resolution authorizing the use of military force against Syria, angering some Republicans and creating confusion on Capitol Hill in the run-up to the war vote ... some GOP Senate offices are upset with what they see as a rush by Democratic leadership to pass the war authorization outside the rules that govern how legislation goes through the committee process.
“This is a rush to war behind closed doors,” one senior GOP Senate aide said. “We were told there was a need to have a thoughtful and public debate about how this nation goes to war, but this seems to be about simply getting a resolution done to cover the president.”
A rush to war to "cover [for] the president"?
A rush to war to support Al Qaeda on, of all dates, 9/11?
And what are John Boehner and Eric Cantor doing? Well, like clockwork they continue to ignore the will of the people -- who oppose Syrian intervention by overwhelming margins -- to help cover for a failed president.
Meanwhile, where does the House stand with the NSA Scandal, the Benghazi investigation, the IRS Scandal, the investigation into DOJ wiretapping of reporters and their families?
Meanwhile, where does the House stand with defunding Obamacare, the Continuing Resolution, or the Debt Ceiling debacles that face us in mere weeks?
Meanwhile, what was Boehner's priority prior to the Syrian diversion? Amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Michael Walsh is right: we have a "partisan fusion party."
And no one in Washington represents "we, the people" any longer.
Hat tip: BadBlue News. Artwork: MattrosArt
3 comments:
I think this mess in Syria might be the "red line" for the Democrats, Boehner and McCain.
It might get ugly here.
Here is something to be considered:
BHO has absolutely no intention of using the American military in Syria.
This may be just a complete feint so that the media stops talking about the plethora of other Obama scandals.
No, he will use them, if he thinks it's to his advantage. The man has no real American principals, or values, and that is becoming more apparent by the day.
The "media" hasn't begun talking about the various scandles involving this jerk of a man, so how could they stop? Think about it Matt, use your head.
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