Democrats’ Pentagon budget bill would curb Trump’s war powers

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Democrats’ Pentagon budget bill would curb Trump’s war powers
By: Joe Gould   
 

WASHINGTON ― A House defense spending bill that aims to end the post-2001 war authorizations after eight months, pull military support in Yemen and fund the Pentagon at $8 billion less than what the White House requested, advanced out of committee in a 30-22 vote Tuesday.

Exemplifying the Democratic-controlled House’s willingness to check President Donald Trump on foreign policy and military matters, the House Appropriations Committee’s bill revives the years-old war authorization debate amid heightened tension between the U.S. and Iran. It also tees up fights with the GOP-led Senate and the White House over the bill’s $690.2 billion defense top line for 2020.

Partisan policy disputes eclipsed top-line talk as the committee marked up the bill. The real debate over how much to raise budget caps for the defense and nondefense sides of the budget was happening at a meeting between White House officials and Congress’ four top party leaders Tuesday morning.
 
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2019/05/21/democrats-pentagon-budget-bill-would-curb-trumps-war-powers/

[rangerrebew]

A founding father, Madison I believe, explained best why a president should have broad powers when he noted that trying to get a congress of many lawyers to agree on anything would be nearly impossible.  And in an emergency, much too slow.  They weren't really keen on any leader but, being statesmen, put the nation ahead of personal vendettas unlike the democrats of today, and put in a president who could act quickly when called for.  Again, the democrats display their mind boggling lack of foresight.