Showing posts with label War Powers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War Powers. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

War Powers

As widely noted, former Secretaries of State James Baker and Warren Christopher are pushing for a redraft of the War Powers Act.

As reported in the LA Times:

The proposed law would require the president to notify Congress of any plans for
combat lasting, or expected to last, longer than one week and require Congress
to vote on a resolution of approval within 30 days of being notified. Military
actions shorter than one week and covert operations would be exempt.


I will post a draft when I find one.