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Speaker John Boehner warned on Thursday that Congress had the power to cut funds for U.S. involvement in Libya and said he didn't buy White House arguments about why it had not asked for Congress' consent for the war.
Boehner, a Republican, told reporters the House could take action as early as next week on the Libyan conflict, depending on what further information lawmakers receive about U.S. policy from the White House.
He said a lengthy White House letter lawmakers received Wednesday didn't make clear whether President Barack Obama's legal advisers agreed with the president's interpretation that the Libyan conflict was too limited to require congressional authorization under the 1973 War Powers Resolution.
"It doesn't pass the straight face test in my view that we are not in the midst of hostilities," Boehner said. The U.S. had launched drone strikes and was part of efforts to bomb Muammar Gaddafi's compound, he said. "We're spending $10 million dollars a day."
"The House has options, we're looking at those options ... Congress has the power of the purse, and certainly that is an option as well," Boehner said.
http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFN1619200420110616
Speaker John Boehner warned on Thursday that Congress had the power to cut funds for U.S. involvement in Libya and said he didn't buy White House arguments about why it had not asked for Congress' consent for the war.
Boehner, a Republican, told reporters the House could take action as early as next week on the Libyan conflict, depending on what further information lawmakers receive about U.S. policy from the White House.
He said a lengthy White House letter lawmakers received Wednesday didn't make clear whether President Barack Obama's legal advisers agreed with the president's interpretation that the Libyan conflict was too limited to require congressional authorization under the 1973 War Powers Resolution.
"It doesn't pass the straight face test in my view that we are not in the midst of hostilities," Boehner said. The U.S. had launched drone strikes and was part of efforts to bomb Muammar Gaddafi's compound, he said. "We're spending $10 million dollars a day."
"The House has options, we're looking at those options ... Congress has the power of the purse, and certainly that is an option as well," Boehner said.
http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFN1619200420110616