war powers act

[Jordan Hayes]

Doug's initial question had to do with the politics of this: namely,
now that we see a Democrat doing it is it any different for those who
opposed the last one from a Republican.  I agree that there's likely
some amount of double standard, and Doug is correct in pointing it
out.  But: I do not think that Clinton is in violation of the War
Powers Act, and I'm confident that if he was he'd hear about it from
Congress.  Afterall, they put this thing together in the aftermath of
Viet Nam and under a hailstorm of criticism for feeling left out of the
loop.  Republican and Democrat agree: the thing a Congresscritter hates
the most is being left out of the loop, *ESPECIALLY* by the President.

I'd pose a slightly different question: given Congress' consent of this
action, why aren't they taking their own power seriously and declaring
war?

/jordan