LIEberman, McConnell Once Sponsored Bill They Now Claim Would Create ‘Constitutional Crisis’

[Ian David]

Lieberman, McConnell Once Sponsored Bill They Now Claim Would Create ‘Constitutional Crisis’

Last month, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) notably warned of a “constitutional crisis” if Congress tried to influence the President’s conduct of the war in Iraq:

This non-binding measure before us is a first step toward a constitutional crisis that we can and must avoid. … Congress has been given constitutional responsibilities. But the micro-management of war is not one of them. The appropriation of funds for war is.

Likewise, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) argued that Congress has “only one option” to change direction in Iraq — cutting funds for the mission:

If the Senate doesn’t support the mission in Iraq, it has only one option, and that’s to decide whether or not to fund that mission. That’s our constitutional role, and we shouldn’t drag this into the morass of Democratic presidential primary politics.

More:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/07/lieberman-constitutional-crisis-myth/

[yellerpup]

1. Lieberman is posing

He could have gotten away with it if the Repuglians had maintained their majority.