How can the Congress and Senate end the war? I am asking what process exists for them to make this happen?
How can the congress and the senate pass a resolution that the President cannot veto?
How many votes would be required to do this?
2007-07-12 10:14:55 · 7 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
A 2/3 majority is needed in both houses. Merely going to his desk with that many votes does NOT guarantee a veto override however. If the bill is vetoed, a separate vote is necessary on the override.
On more than one occasion a bill that had the necessary suport when it went to the President's desk saw that support dry up when it came time for the override vote. It hasn't happened in the Bush administration yet and I personally think that the chances of it happening are somewhere between slim and none.
One poster has stated that we could stop the war by denying the funding. While that is true, there is a TERRIBLE price to be paid by doing that.
The war is paid for through O&M funding. Operations & Maintenance. That's a HUGE pot of $$$ that covers just about every military expenditure other than equipment purchases. It covers all of the bullets, some of the bombs, all of the food, all of the fuel, all of the transportation, all of the clothing, and all of the PAY for the military.
So, if you block the funding the military can't even pay the troops. They can't bring them home. They can't feed them except from the stores of MREs. Only those directly in harm's way get anything at all. Everyone else gets bubkus. Nothing! Zip! Nada!
That happened once, back in the 1990s, around 1996 or 1997, due to fighting between the Republican Congress and the White House. I was on active duty back then and our pay was held up briefly until Congress realized what the impact of the impasse was.
The Republican Congress took massive heat for that, and many of us GIs from that era well remember who did that to us. Congress, especailly the Reps, made a lot of enemies that day and this (now retired) GI is one of them. Those in Congress today are not likely to make that mistake again.
2007-07-12 10:21:54 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are two ways Congress could end the war. One is to pass a bill saying, in effect, "We give up, the War ends now," then override the presidential veto. I believe that would take 66 votes, but I'm not certain I'm remembering right - in any case, it's more votes than they can get, even with a few Reps crossing the aisle recently.
The other, is to not fund the war. Congress already had the opportunity to do this. It takes only the barest majority - heck, even a determined minority - to block a funding bill. If that had been done, the President would be running out of money to keep the war going this month.
2007-07-12 10:19:43 · answer #2 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
When was the last time any of you read the constitution? Ever? The answer to your question can be found in article one and two. But I'll give you a hint. Congress can stop funding the war immediately if they had the guts to do so.
2007-07-12 10:21:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
2/3rd are needed, and right now democrats dont have enough votes to do anything.
The latest democratic plan to have soldiers spend as much time (15) months back at home as they are deployed, was filibustered (held up) by republicans.
So it only looks like democrats are getting nothing done, but its merely because there are not enough republicans willing to cross over for american, and instead continue to support bush.
So its the republicans who are allowing bush to continue getting awy with everything...
and they will pay for it the next election.
And for the next few terms,
Rightfully so.
So next time someone says President bush is messing up this country---no....its actually the republicans who support him and block democrats when they try to use the checks and balance system that was created to prevent a president from doing as much damage to our country as bush has been allowed...by republicans
2007-07-12 10:21:58 · answer #4 · answered by writersbIock2006 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just like going to war. Bush didn't do it on his own. There needs to be a majority vote to GO TO WAR, and there must be a majority vote to pull the troops out.
2007-07-12 10:19:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
2/3rds majority
2007-07-12 10:17:50 · answer #6 · answered by mbush40 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They don't have the guts.
2007-07-12 10:21:28 · answer #7 · answered by jswnwv 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋