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To: Ilaine who wrote (132412)	8/14/2005 1:46:04 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 793789

Any statute which limits the power of the President to wage war is probably unconstitutional. Let'a assume for purposes of argument that what you say is correct and that the 1973 War Powers Act is unconstitutional. You still sidestepped my other point, i.e., that Congress controls the purse strings in all aspects, including war-making. Please don't waste time lecturing me on "checks and balances" built into the Constitution. Unless you think that somehow it needs to be said (I can't imagine why). No, I'll lecture you on something else, something you ignored in your customary haste to make some sort of trenchant but ultimately wrong point. Is a Congressional refusal to fund a war unconstitutional, one that cannot be vetoed by the Prez, unconstitutional? If I recall correctly, the Congressional vote for funding the Gulf War was a very close one. No funding by Congress, no wars. Plenary? I don't think so.