Rep. Westmoreland: President needs Congressional approval for strikes on Syria – thomastontimes.com

Article II, Section 8 of the US Constitution clearly gives Congress, and not the president, the power to “provide for the common defense” and “to declare war.” Therefore, any use of military force in or against Syria must be authorized by Congress.

That is why I signed on to a letter with my colleagues in the House urging President Obama to “consult and receive authorization from Congress before ordering the use of US military force in Syria.”

We cannot allow this president to ignore the Constitution, once again, and get our country involved in what is clearly a religious-based civil war in an unstable region without authorization by Congress. It is our constitutional responsibility and I refuse to sit by and let President Obama trample all over our Constitution any more than he already has.

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