Udall says no Iran attack without Congress OK
2007-07-24
Source: Fort Collins Coloradoan
Colorado Senate candidate Rep. Mark Udall is pushing Congress to ban any attack on Iran without congressional approval first.
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rss feedUdall’s announcement came in the middle of last week but GovReport thinks it’s worth posting here for readers to see.
President George W. Bush has made it no secret that Iran is a major nuclear and terrorist threat to America and the hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops in Iraq but also hasn’t made much motion to stop the Middle Eastern country from developing weapons of mass destruction.
It’s hard, really, when we have so many resources and troops in Iraq to go into another country at this point – but that doesn’t mean the time won’t come where we might.
Hence, Udall’s bill to bar an Iran attack without congressional authorization.
According to Udall’s office:
The legislation would establish a binding legal limit on the ability of the president to expend funds to commence military action against Iran in the absence of explicit prior Congressional authorization. It would make exemptions for specific small-scale efforts, giving the president the flexibility to allow U.S. forces to conduct intelligence gathering and to directly respond to attacks or possible attacks from Iran.
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