I wish it weren't so, but this is blatant dishonesty on the part of the Administration

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41. Since when does the President 'notify' Congress before making a decision about

sending the military into action?

I KNOW Bush believed he was a 'Unitary Executive' who had the powers of a king.

Were you supportive of Bush's philosophy of the power of the Executive over Congress? AIRC, we railed against his abuse of power, his disrespect for Congress and the UN.

I don't know, what your position on this issue of the Power of the Executive Branch being MORE than the power of Congress was back then.

But there are Constitutional Requirements when this country is even contemplating war.

And they need to be observed.

Otherwise consider what would happen if, say, Lynn Cheney was president but we had succeeded in electing a great Progressive Congress who could reign in an out of control Executive Branch if need be. And she simply 'notified' them rather than follow the rules as outlined in the Constitution, when she decided to invade some country or another.

Is that what you want?