The House GOP finally grew a pair and voted 295-123 against continuing the Libyan War. They were joined by 70 honest Liberal Democrats.
WASHINGTON – The House on Friday overwhelmingly rejected a measure giving President Barack Obama the authority to continue the U.S. military operation against Libya, a major repudiation of the commander in chief.
The vote was 295-123, with Obama losing the support of 70 of his Democrats one day after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had made a last-minute plea for the mission.
While the congressional action had no immediate effect on American involvement in the NATO-led mission, it was an embarrassment to a sitting president and certain to have reverberations in Tripoli and NATO capitals.
The vote marked the first time since 1999 that either House has voted against a military operation. The last time was over President Bill Clinton’s authority in the Bosnian war.
I salute the House for letting the world know, the American public doesn’t support a war for AL-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood. This is a symbolic blow to the Progressive-Islamic Axis
Update: The vote to defund teh war failed. The vote was 180 to 238. 89 Republicans defected, clearly too many in teh GOP still subscribe to Wilsonianism.
