Explain this
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Newsflash, all politicians lie. Both democrats and republicans. But some lies are worse, like the reasons to invade a country compared to having sex in the white house. Just sayin....
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Iraq Resolution
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Not to be confused with Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists or Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 1991.
President George W. Bush, surrounded by leaders of the House and Senate, announces the Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq, October 2, 2002.
The Iraq Resolution or the Iraq War Resolution (formally the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002,[1] Pub.L. 107?243, 116 Stat. 1498, enacted October 16, 2002, H.J.Res. 114) is a joint resolution passed by the United States Congress in October 2002 as Public Law No: 107-243, authorizing military action against Iraq.[2]
Contents [hide]
1 Contents
2 Passage 2.1 Passage of the full resolution 2.1.1 United States House of Representatives
2.1.2 United States Senate
2.2 Amendments offered to the House Resolution 2.2.1 The Lee Amendment
2.2.2 The Spratt Amendment
2.2.3 The House Rules Amendment
2.3 Amendments offered to the Senate Resolution 2.3.1 The Byrd Amendments
2.3.2 The Levin Amendment
2.3.3 The Durbin Amendment
2.4 International law 2.4.1 International law - right of pre-emptive self defense
2.5 U.S. law
2.6 Legal debates - U.N. security council resolutions
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Contents[edit]
The resolution cited many factors as justifying the use of military force against Iraq:[3][4]
Iraq's noncompliance with the conditions of the 1991 ceasefire agreement, including interference with U.N. weapons inspectors.
Iraq "continuing to possess and develop a significant chemical and biological weapons capability" and "actively seeking a nuclear weapons capability" posed a "threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region."
Iraq's "brutal repression of its civilian population."
Iraq's "capability and willingness to use weapons of mass destruction against other nations and its own people".
Iraq's hostility towards the United States as demonstrated by the 1993 assassination attempt on former President George H. W. Bush and firing on coalition aircraft enforcing the no-fly zones following the 1991 Gulf War.
Members of al-Qaeda, an organization bearing responsibility for attacks on the United States, its citizens, and interests, including the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, are known to be in Iraq.
Iraq's "continu[ing] to aid and harbor other international terrorist organizations," including anti-United States terrorist organizations.
Iraq paid bounty to families of suicide bombers.
The efforts by the Congress and the President to fight terrorists, and those who aided or harbored them.
The authorization by the Constitution and the Congress for the President to fight anti-United States terrorism.
The governments in Turkey, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia feared Saddam and wanted him removed from power.
Citing the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, the resolution reiterated that it should be the policy of the United States to remove the Saddam Hussein regime and promote a democratic replacement.
The resolution "supported" and "encouraged" diplomatic efforts by President George W. Bush to "strictly enforce through the U.N. Security Council all relevant Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq" and "obtain prompt and decisive action by the Security Council to ensure that Iraq abandons its strategy of delay, evasion, and noncompliance and promptly and strictly complies with all relevant Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq."
The resolution authorized President Bush to use the Armed Forces of the United States "as he determines to be necessary and appropriate" in order to "defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions regarding Iraq."
Passage[edit]
An authorization by Congress was sought by President George W. Bush soon after his September 12, 2002 statement before the U.N. General Assembly asking for quick action by the Security Council in enforcing the resolutions against Iraq.[5][6]
Of the legislation introduced by Congress in response to President Bush's requests,[7] S.J.Res. 45 sponsored by Sen. Daschle & Sen. Lott was based on the original White House proposal authorizing the use of force in Iraq, H.J.Res. 114 sponsored by Rep. Hastert & Rep. Gephardt and the substantially similar S.J.Res. 46 sponsored by Sen. Lieberman were modified proposals. H.J.Res. 110 sponsored by Rep. Hastings was a separate proposal never considered on the floor. Eventually, the Hastert-Gephardt proposal became the legislation Congress focused on.
Passage of the full resolution[edit]
Introduced in Congress on October 2, 2002, in conjunction with the Administration's proposals,[3][8] H.J.Res. 114 passed the House of Representatives on Thursday afternoon at 3:05 p.m. EDT on October 10, 2002, by a vote of 296-133,[9] and passed the Senate after midnight early Friday morning, at 12:50 a.m. EDT on October 11, 2002, by a vote of 77-23.[10] It was signed into law as Pub.L. 107?243 by President Bush on October 16, 2002.
United States House of Representatives[edit]
Party
Yeas
Nays
Not
Voting
Republican 215 6 2
Democratic 82 126 1
Independent 0 1 0
TOTALS 297 133 3
215 (96.4%) of 223 Republican Representatives voted for the resolution.
82 (39.2%) of 209 Democratic Representatives voted for the resolution.
6 (<2.7%) of 223 Republican Representatives voted against the resolution: Reps. Duncan (R-TN), Hostettler (R-IN), Houghton (R-NY), Leach (R-IA), Morella (R-MD), Paul (R-TX).
126 (~60.3%) of 209 Democratic Representatives voted against the resolution.
The only Independent Representative voted against the resolution: Rep. Sanders (I-VT) Reps. Ortiz (D-TX), Roukema (R-NJ), and Stump (R-AZ) did not vote on the resolution.
United States Senate[edit]
Party
Yeas
Nays
Republican 48 1
Democratic 29 21
Independent 0 1
TOTALS 77 23
58% of Democratic senators (29 of 50) voted for the resolution. Those voting for the resolution are: Lincoln (D-AR)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Dodd (D-CT)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Biden (D-DE)
Carper (D-DE)
Nelson (D-FL)
Cleland (D-GA)
Miller (D-GA)
Bayh (D-IN)
Harkin (D-IA)
Breaux (D-LA)
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Carnahan (D-MO)
Baucus (D-MT)
Nelson (D-NE)
Reid (D-NV)
Torricelli (D-NJ)
Clinton (D-NY)
Schumer (D-NY)
Edwards (D-NC)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Hollings (D-SC)
Daschle (D-SD)
Johnson (D-SD)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Kohl (D-WI)
42% of Democratic senators (21 of 50) voted against the resolution. Those voting against the resolution are: Boxer (D-CA)
Graham (D-FL)
Akaka (D-HI)
Inouye (D-HI)
Durbin (D-IL)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Levin (D-MI)
Dayton (D-MN)
Wellstone (D-MN)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Conrad (D-ND)
Wyden (D-OR)
Reed (D-RI)
Leahy (D-VT)
Murray (D-WA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Feingold (D-WI)
1 (2%) of 49 Republican senators voted against the resolution: Sen. Chafee (R-RI).
The only independent senator voted against the resolution: Sen. Jeffords (I-VT)
Shame on those who voted for that on both sides. Let me know when you copy and paste the democrats that lied under oath for Iran/Contra.
I am not changing history at all. My main point is addressed to the big guy. The President. Not anyone else. If you want me to admit that their were sellout democrats who supported the invasion due to their actual beliefs or being afraid of political suicide in the context of right after 9/11 then YES I admit that. Jesus Christ.
WASHINGTON (AP) ? U.S. employers added a solid 223,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent, a seven-year low. The numbers reflect a job market moving close to full health and raise expectations that the Federal Reserve will start raising interest rates as early as September.
The Labor Department said Thursday that the unemployment rate dropped from 5.5 percent in May. The rate fell mostly because many people out of work gave up on their job searches and were no longer counted as unemployed.
Other details in the report were less encouraging: The percentage of Americans working or looking for work fell to a 38-year low. Average hourly pay was flat. And employers added 60,000 fewer jobs in April and May than the government had previously estimated.
For the first five months of 2015, monthly job growth averaged 217,000, a healthy streak that has been steadily absorbing the unemployed as well as part-time workers looking for more hours.
That job growth has raised economists' expectations that the Fed will soon boost the key short-term rate it controls in September or, if not, in December. The Fed has kept that rate at a record low near zero for 6? years to support the economy. A Fed rate hike would lead to higher rates for mortgages, auto loans and other borrowing.
Strong hiring has endured this year despite a miserable winter, which helped cause the economy to contract 0.2 percent at an annual rate in the January-March quarter.
The job gains show that employers are increasingly confident that their customer demand will keep growing. Their willingness to hire in anticipation of greater demand marks a shift from earlier in the economic recovery, when many businesses tended to hire only when essential.
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what a great President
what a great man
The Labor Department said Thursday that the unemployment rate dropped from 5.5 percent in May. The rate fell mostly because many people out of work gave up on their job searches and were no longer counted as unemployed.
Other details in the report were less encouraging: The percentage of Americans working or looking for work fell to a 38-year low. Average hourly pay was flat. And employers added 60,000 fewer jobs in April and May than the government had previously estimated.
For the first five months of 2015, monthly job growth averaged 217,000, a healthy streak that has been steadily absorbing the unemployed as well as part-time workers looking for more hours.
That job growth has raised economists' expectations that the Fed will soon boost the key short-term rate it controls in September or, if not, in December. The Fed has kept that rate at a record low near zero for 6? years to support the economy. A Fed rate hike would lead to higher rates for mortgages, auto loans and other borrowing.
Strong hiring has endured this year despite a miserable winter, which helped cause the economy to contract 0.2 percent at an annual rate in the January-March quarter.
The job gains show that employers are increasingly confident that their customer demand will keep growing. Their willingness to hire in anticipation of greater demand marks a shift from earlier in the economic recovery, when many businesses tended to hire only when essential.
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what a great President
what a great man
Here's a little sense for you, Hank:
What other people do, who they marry, how they conduct their lives, is NONE of your business.
I don't give a damn if you marry a donkey, pray to the Sun God, eat worms, and spend your life puking up cheap Bourbon so long as you don't interfere in my life, freedom, and with my right to do as I please.
Why is that so hard for you to understand? 70 IQ? 60?
Well, KOD, Obama may not be the best President ever, although he's OK. The highest honor belongs to T. Roosevelt, or F. Roosevelt or A. Lincoln or JFK, or LBJ.
But, can you imagine what a total clusterfuck Romney or McCain would have been?
yeh I read the list where George W was 3 worst .
now Romney says he may run again. what a total jackwipe. maybe he cleaned his money this time.
McCain has always been cray cray cray.
so lets see the Neo Con field of 15
Trump may have a chance
absolutely cannot wait until the debates
that will be classic
Actually Obama did not lie, that is what he believes - based on his faith.
A faith-based belief in something does not exclude that person from understanding and accepting a change in our laws, based on overwhelming society acceptance and a logical ruling from the judicial branch. This is how separation of church and state works. This is something I cherish about our nation.
6-5 basically explained this in a much better post with real stories.
A faith-based belief in something does not exclude that person from understanding and accepting a change in our laws, based on overwhelming society acceptance and a logical ruling from the judicial branch. This is how separation of church and state works. This is something I cherish about our nation.
6-5 basically explained this in a much better post with real stories.
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Hank, I been looking for honey holes in the baseball forum. I'm lost without them. :shrug:
