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Bill Melugin questions Hakeem Jeffries about Pelosi 2011 Libya comments
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Jeffries Cornered Over Pelosi’s Libya Defense

  • Posted byby Sean Lorne
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Fox reporter Bill Melugin pressed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries about Nancy Pelosi’s 2011 claim that President Obama did not need Congress to authorize strikes in Libya. Jeffries said the cases were different and that he was not in Congress then. The exchange highlighted a persistent question about political double standards on war powers.
U.S. Capitol chamber during a tied vote
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House Votes Down Venezuela War Powers Resolution

The House tied 215-215 on a measure to block further U.S. military action in Venezuela without Congress. The vote failed. A couple of GOP lawmakers joined Democrats, and the move follows recent Senate back-and-forth and presidential orders that escalated the situation in Caracas.