Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell is fast tracking a war powers bill through the Senate that would grant Obama virtually unlimited authority to deploy US armed forces anywhere in the world for any amount of time, opening the door for indefinite martial law on US soil.
Senate majority whip John Cornyn, as well as other senators, reacted with surprise when reporters questioned them about McConnell’s sudden fast-tracking of the bill after a year of entrenched debate. Even Democrat senators reacted with some apprehension, such as Senator Robert Mendez, who fundamentally agrees with the powers granted by the bill but doesn’t want to give Obama “a blank check.”
This sudden turn of events is both puzzling and worrisome. As the Presidential election looms on the horizon, the timing of such a bill is troublesome.
Read more about the bill on page 2.
Mitch McConnell is such a$#%&!@*
Absolutely NOT! The constitution mandates that Congress must declare war, not the commander-in-chief. As for martial law, you folks do realize you HAVE NO rights and you would be tried for offenses under the Uniform Code of MILITARY Justice?
True and it has been being said for a long time. Gas. gag, and bag?
Lord Have Mercy
Get RID of MITCH and BO NOW !!
MITCH McConnell is a waste of a good Republican Spot in Congress.
Mitch McConnell can’t grant anyone anything with out the vote to back it up
Moslems are not real People and we can defeat them.
obama & admin … what nightmares are made of
THE DAY HE DECLARES MARTIAL LAW IS THE DAY HE WRITES HIS OWN DEATH CERTIFICATE (A REAL ONE)