Urging the collective judgment of both Congress and the President regarding the use of military force by the United States.
Latest action · Feb 14, 2007 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 14, 2007
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Constitution provides that the President may act to defend the country in an emergency, but reserved the matter of offensive war to Congress.
Affirms the constitutional requirement that the President seek and obtain the approval of Congress before the United States undertakes offensive military action against another nation.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2007 to Apr 1, 2008, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Feb 14, 2007 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Original | Feb 14, 2007 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Feb 14, 2007 |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | Feb 14, 2007 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Feb 15, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 15, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | May 21, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 22, 2007 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Oct 22, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Oct 23, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Oct 23, 2007 |
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- Feb 14, 2007Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
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- Feb 14, 2007Introduced in House
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