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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
dc, tell me did this amendment just appear out of nowhere or did congress have to vot it?
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cyn....the Republicans stuck it in the 2006 defense appropriations bill...I believe, at the request of Bush, but I dont know that for certain.
IMO, it does matter because it codifies expanding the power of the president in a manner that I think is dangerous.
The Democrats tried removing it in more recent defense appropriations bills and failed for lack of a veto proof majority.