Section 3 of War Powers Act. I don't remember the President consulting Congress.

[no_hypocrisy]

CONSULTATION
SEC. 3.
The President in every possible instance shall consult with Congress before introducing United States Armed Forces into hostilities or into situation where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and after every such introduction shall consult regularly with the Congress until United States Armed Forces are no longer engaged in hostilities or have been removed from such situations.

http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal22/warpow.htm

Or is The War Powers Act irrelevent when this country is part of a coalition?

[Wilms]

1. That's just a piece of paper.

And it was treated as such looooong before Obama became Pres.

Not defending it being ignored. I'm just sayin'

[RB TexLa]

2. We are acting on behalf of the United Nations, we supply military support for UN actions

That supersedes it a bit.

[patrick t. cakes]

3. no time fer talkin'...

theres a war on!

[quinnox]

4. US presidents love to throw their weight around

They always ignore the congress when it comes to military action.

Its one of the perks of being president apparently, you can ignore certain things that are inconvenient for your power.

[mmonk]

5. Trying that rule of law thingy again?

It doesn't work. I've tried it until I turned blue.

[itsrobert]

6. Well, then you are wrong, because he did

thanks for playing.

[itsrobert]

8. LINK

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/03/obama-to-members-of-congress-action-versus-libya-in-days-not-weeks.html

[no_hypocrisy]

10. Not to split hairs, but do both Houses of Congress, all members present,

have to be consulted or a few select Members, such as those in Leadership?

[HereSince1628]

7. I suspect he made phone calls to the leadership...

No reason for us to be told.

[itsrobert]

9. LINK

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/03/obama-to-members-of-congress-action-versus-libya-in-days-not-weeks.html

[niyad]

11. actually, yes there is. we have a right to know whether he actually did what he was supposed to or

not. how hard is that to understand?

[niyad]

12. "action to last days, not weeks"

gee, where have we heard this kind of thing before????



Obama to Members of Congress: Action Versus Libya to Last 'Days not Weeks'


In his meeting with Members of Congress today, sources tell ABC News, President Obama said he expected that the period that the US would be involved in heavy kinetic activity would be "days, not weeks," after which he said the US would then take more of a supporting role.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/03/obama-to-members-of-congress-action-versus-libya-in-days-not-weeks.html