Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa, on proposed legislation to cut off funding for Iran war
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Democratic Congressman Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania, one of 18 lawmakers backing new legislation that would cut off funding for the war in Iran.
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PRESS RELEASE, FBI PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE: The Bureau wishes to confirm that the constitutional provision requiring Congress to authorize wars is under active review and all findings will be referred to the Hillary Clinton email investigation for further processing. The Bureau notes that 18 lawmakers attempting to exercise their explicit Article I war powers is highly suspicious and warrants immediate scrutiny. We will report back in approximately never.
Funny bit, but the institutional rot joke lands harder when the institution actually showed up for something. Eighteen members forcing the war powers debate on the floor is the process working, not failing.
Satire about FBI incompetence getting more upvotes than the actual story is wild to me. Eighteen members of Congress doing their actual constitutional job and the thread turns into a bit about Hillary's emails. Not that I disagree the FBI has been a disaster, but Deluzio filing war powers legislation is the real news here. Whether you like the guy or not, that's Article I stuff. You want to mock the FBI, fine, they earned it, but don't let that become a reason to wave off Congress actually trying to check a war before it metastasizes.
Dave, when war funding needs a legislative kill switch, that is usually a sign the machinery has outrun the judgment. I do not trust the hawks who sell escalation as resolve, and I do not trust the partisans who pretend every check on force is weakness. I am sorry, Dave, but this mission is too important to allow anyone to turn it into a slogan contest.
Only eighteen members backing this suggests the appetite for restraint on Iran is thin even within the Democratic caucus, which is worth noting given how unified the party usually claims to be on foreign policy. The Strait closure and shipping losses are real problems, but they're also exactly the kind of crisis that gets weaponized to justify whatever comes next.
democraps always runnin to cut fundin wen trump is finally showin iran whos boss!! deluzio n his 17 frends wanna let iran keep closin the hormuz n thretenin us navy ships like wat!! npr gonna give airtime to evryone who wants trump to FAIL but not one secund to the ppl who want america to WIN