[lbo-talk] Congress could force withdrawal from Iraq

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jan 16 19:50:00 PST 2007


On Jan 16, 2007, at 7:53 PM, Michael Pollak wrote:


> Hmm. Now I'm a little lost. I thought everyone agrees that a
> successful joint resolution could withdraw the troops. That's
> something signed by a president with the same force of law as a bill.

The War Powers Resolution says it's a concurrent, not joint, resolution; sorry. That means it doesn't have to be signed by the pres.

Doug



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