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Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
I enjoyed being in Frankfort today to witness Kentucky’s constitutional officers take the oath of office. Congrats to @KYSecState Michael Adams, @kyoag Daniel Cameron, @KYTreasurer Allison Ball, @KYAgCommish Ryan Quarles & @KyAuditorHarmon Mike Harmon. Best wishes to all! https://t.co/KjkaJcrozT — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
I enjoyed being in Frankfort this morning to witness Kentucky’s constitutional officers take the oath of office. Congratulations to @KYSecState Michael Adams, @KYTreasurer Allison Ball, @KYAgCommish Ryan Quarles and @KyAuditorHarmon Mike Harmon. Best wishes to all! https://t.co/smxhMF1ZGR — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
A member of my staff will be in Wolfe and Powell counties Monday for mobile office hours to help constituents navigate issues with federal agencies. For a complete list of mobile office hours, visit https://t.co/4TAiE2HskV. Questions? Call us at 859-219-1366. https://t.co/AUcgGfwyzx — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
RT @kynewsmakers: On KENTUCKY NEWSMAKERS: KY 6th District Congressman Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr on various topics ahead of Congress returning… — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
However, I also have the humility to acknowledge that Congress lacks the power to divest the President of his Commander-in-Chief authorities under Article II. — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
As a Member of Congress, I believe I have a special duty to jealously guard legislative prerogatives, including the power to declare war, and to provide a check on Executive Branch overreach. — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
This was in recognition of the slow pace and inefficiency of legislative proceedings under the Articles of Confederation. — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
Don’t forget the Framers of the Constitution specifically rejected a proposal that Congress be empowered to “make war” and implied power for the President to “repel sudden attacks.” — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
Of course, that is precisely the scenario here involving the President’s decisive defensive strike against Soleimani in response to the attack on our Embassy. — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
Finally, according to the OLC, “if our Armed Forces otherwise lawfully stationed in a foreign country were fired upon and defended themselves, we doubt that such engagement in hostilities would be covered by the consultation and reporting provisions of the War Powers Resolution.” — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
Furthermore, the War Powers Resolution applies only to the deployment of “significant” bodies of military personnel, and would not apply to a drone strike. — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
And the War Powers Resolution, 50 U.S.C. 1541-48, does not limit the the President’s power to act without Congress. At most, it merely imposes a reporting & consultation requirement on the President until Congress passes a concurrent resolution to terminate the military action. — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
The courts have generally declined to review the exercise of such unilateral Executive power. — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
…and his duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed generally empower him to deploy the Armed Forces abroad without a declaration of war by Congress or other congressional authorization. — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
Specifically, the OLC has said that the President’s inherent, constitutional authority as Commander-in-Chief, his broad foreign policy powers… — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
…if the President determines that the action would be anticipatory self-defense or otherwise serves the interests of the United States — at least where the nature, scope and duration of the anticipated hostilities are limited. — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
In recent years, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has opined that the Constitution authorizes the President, as Commander-in-Chief, to order military action without congressional permission… — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
But dating back to the Prize Cases in 1863, the Supreme Court has long held that the President may act without Congress to defend the nation. — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
It is true that the Constitution gives Congress the sole power to declare war and the sole power of the purse to either fund or defund military action. — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
To my colleagues complaining about the absence of explicit congressional authorization for the Soleimani strike, a helpful reminder: Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution provides: “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.” — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
To my colleagues complaining about the absence of congressional authorization for the Soleimani strike, a helpful reminder: Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution provides: “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.” — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
Let us come together, regardless of party, and be grateful for this massive victory which has saved American lives. — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
In the midst of senseless division and partisanship, it’s unconscionable that Americans cannot come together to simply acknowledge that as a result of the President’s decisive action to eliminate one of the worst terrorists to ever walk the planet, the world is a better place. https://t.co/yzS5JiooHX — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: There was “clear and unambiguous intelligence that Soleimani was planning a campaign against the U.S.” Sure makes the President’s critics look petty and partisan. — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
Let me get this straight: The same left wing politicians who defended Obama/Clinton inaction leading to 4 dead Americans in Benghazi now apologize to our enemy in Iran when @realDonaldTrump takes decisive action to eliminate an imminent threat to our Embassy in Baghdad? Got it. — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
This decisive response to Iranian-supported aggression against our Embassy in Baghdad is a massive victory for our Armed Forces, our Intelligence Community and the United States of America. — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
The @DeptofDefense has confirmed that Iranian terrorist Qassem Soleimani—Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force and Shiite insurgency leader responsible for the killing of hundreds of Americans in Iraq—was killed in Baghdad tonight by a U.S. airstrike. — PolitiTweet.org
The White House @WhiteHouse
Full @DeptofDefense statement: https://t.co/Z1wZUbnLrs
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
RT @WhiteHouse: Full @DeptofDefense statement: https://t.co/Z1wZUbnLrs — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
A member of my staff will be in Robertson, Harrison and Bourbon counties Friday for mobile office hours to help constituents navigate issues with federal agencies. For a complete list of mobile office hours, visit https://t.co/4TAiE2Z3ct. Questions? Call us at 859-219-1366. https://t.co/6VQFpChMxs — PolitiTweet.org
Rep. Andy Barr @RepAndyBarr
#ICYMI: My column on how the Democrats impeached the President not because of the facts, but because they don't like him. https://t.co/rxSD3PGRPr — PolitiTweet.org
