This is for those Hillary followers: Clinton tells Congress that Obama regime will ignore their war resolutions

This is for those Hillary followers: Clinton tells Congress that Obama regime will ignore their war resolutions Scotty Starnes | March 31, 2011 at 11:00 PM | Tags: Hillary Clinton, Libya, no-fly zone, President Obama, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), War Powers Act | Categories: Political Issues | URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-4Vs

To those on the left who think Hillary Clinton would be a fine pick to replace Obama: THINK AGAIN. She just told Congress that the Obama regime will ignore the powers of Congress to carry on their kinetic military operation.

Remember, Bush turning to Congress to get approval was considered acting like a cowboy. Obama turned to the U.N. and failed to ask Congress, yet we barely hear a peep from lefties. Clinton would be just as bad, if not worse, as POTUS.

TPM reports:

Update: Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), who asked Clinton about the War Powers Act during a classified briefing, said Clinton and the administration are sidestepping the measure's provisions giving Congress the ability to put a 60-day time limit on any military action.

"They are not committed to following the important part of the War Powers Act," he told TPM in a phone interview. "She said they are certainly willing to send reports [to us] and if they issue a press release, they'll send that to us too."

The White House would forge ahead with military action in Libya even if Congress passed a resolution constraining the mission, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said during a classified briefing to House members Wednesday afternoon.

Clinton was responding to a question from Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) about the administration's response to any effort by Congress to exercise its war powers, according to a senior Republican lawmaker who attended the briefing.

The answer surprised many in the room because Clinton plainly admitted the administration would ignore any and all attempts by Congress to shackle President Obama's power as commander in chief to make military and wartime decisions. In doing so, he would follow a long line of Presidents who have ignored the act since its passage, deeming it an unconstitutional encroachment on executive power.

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