Big Government Shut-Down

摘要

Sen. Rand Paul (R. -Ky.) offered a Sense of the Senate amendment that "the President does not have power under the Constitution .to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation," Every single Democrat voted against the amendment, including lefties such as Sen. Barbara Boxer (D.-Calif.) and Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I.-Vt). According to the Sanders resolution, "in reality, nothing in the history of the 'Commander in Chief clause suggests that the authors of the provision intended it to grant the executive branch the authority to engage United States forces in military action without any prior authorization from Congress. except to allow the President to repel sudden attacks and immediate threats."