Natalie Gonnella
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Less than 24 hours after Speaker John Boehner's warning to the administration in regard to it's neglect for the War Powers Act, a bipartisan group of lawmakers have taken matters into their own hands, filing a lawsuit against President Obama for his failure to seek congressional authorization for military action in Libya
The Hill reports:
Led by Reps. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and Walter Jones (R-N.C.), the members contend the White House broke the law when it launched military operations against Libyan strongman Col. Moammar Gadhafi in March without congressional authorization...
Aside from Kucinich and Jones, eight other House members endorsed the lawsuit, including GOP Reps. Howard Coble (N.C.), John Duncan (Tenn.), Roscoe Bartlett (Md.), Ron Paul (Texas), Tim Johnson (Ill.) and Dan Burton (Ind.), and Democratic Reps. John Conyers (Mich.) and Michael Capuano (Mass.).
The full complaint is available to view here.
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