the us congress the votes against president obama's policy of military intervention in libya stops short of funds for the operation. and. for the exit the growing number of israelis who are leaving their country accusing authorities of failing to bring peace to the promised land. live from moscow this is our. top stories here on r.t. one of russia's richest men has become the leader of a political party with big ambitions for the parliamentary elections later this year let's now get more on those markings off who is our starting live for us in central moscow how. could this mean that strong opposition will appear in russia. well it's interesting that of himself is a member of the right cause for you to use the term opposition explaining that curly. bill you. understand history as a group or groups of. more gentle people who don't. and have the resources to make real improvements in russia's political system whilst it all sort of hands the sporty or planning to make a real impact and they want to get into poland during the next election and become due second most powerful political force

that's why we haven't caused the budget in so long that's why we are giving the hundred twelve us congress our tools i'm award for being absolutely useless and for the record well i'm not an elected member of congress i am taking monday the fourth of july off i'm the break from covering this insane gridlock that they cause. ok time for happy hour tonight and joining me this evening is our producer jenny churchill and j.b. freres senior communications strategist at new media strategies you have your own olives keep your hands allergies all the more nice ok so today is the end of an era. i couldn't be more excited but let me show you who i'm talking about. g.v. in radios there is a strange alliance between the left and the islamicists that we're seeing and i think it's all part of the coming insurrection the progressives want to do we in the first place collapse the system and start all over again you know how much money rupert murdoch is you know he's got all these things going on you think he's going to let a guy it's five o'clock so you bunch of stuff put this together it's completely wro

not going but jim says that the book is really worried because being a left wing groups in the us congress who are dubious about the what they can do it will be other things with this kind of stuff. and as you mentioned there are a lot of things that are discussed at these meetings that are believed to turn into tall a-c. and not lead you know some critics to say that this is global elites getting together to carve up the world without any press there and without any accountability and maybe in some cases breaking their own country's laws but over the years it has been attracted much mainstream press you of course have been covering it you were covering it last year i'm curious because i have read some reports that it has attracted some more mainstream press this year is that accurate and what is the situation with the press attention here on the ground there well it's interesting actually going we would have to do it it was very close to me to attention with very low keyed actually i didn't see any of this on let's i do think but it was rainy weather here but i felt the way back but it fe

cash us congress members say cut funding for libya and that's the president gets the constitutional go ahead. but the white house claims there's no need for congressional consent. plus the e.u. moves towards new sanctions against syria in a push that's fit to be a build up for libya's star intervention. but with more on those stories in less than thirty minutes from now in the meantime we take you to russia's sunny seaside and the sprawling shores of the black sea stay with us for that. if you're taking the first trip to russia you'll probably pack a coat in a bucket and spade but if you head down south to the krisna region you'll find beaches and hundreds of kilometers of beautiful coastline literally millions of people flocking every year proof that while russia may be famous for its snow and skiing there's plenty of sun sand and see here as well. this is the longest developed in europe fourteen kilometers of it and in the middle is this lady of. the hopes dreams. of. a stunning place the results of frame by the background of the mountains and on a sunny day the seascapes anything yo

analysts say it's a way for the congress to show their frustration over the white house refusal to come to the lawmakers to seek authorization for the military actions under the us constitution only congress can declare war except the obama administration doesn't call it a war although it lasts more than three months and involves many civilian deaths that too is frustrating to many on capitol hill but is the thought the measure proposed by the lawmakers is unlikely to result in an actual the finding of the u.s. participation in the review or because it has to go through the senate and some of the leading voices in the senate both democrat and republican have made it clear that they are in favor of the u.s. military intervention in libya and would authorize it so the move of the house of representatives is seen more like a message of review sends to president obama rather than an actual war stop or even those who really truly wants to stand up against the military actions in levy out there is little they can do as one congressman said here and i'm going to quote him you can't do resolutions until you're blue in the face but still be ignored by the white house but

he before any troops are started fighting in iraq president bush went to congress and received congressional authorization to use force that's consistent with what the united states constitution says. which is that the president is the commander in chief of the united states military and it is congress that has the power to declare war so congress makes the decision about whether there will be a war and then the president is responsible for the details of the conduct of the war ok leslie it's very interesting i mean people don't call these things wars anymore so i suppose that's the kind of wiggle room for the president as an enemy this is a humanitarian intervention quote unquote and we might want to talk about what that really means if it's double speak and if so but is this is this what obama is doing is saying it isn't this war powers act simply doesn't apply yeah i mean i think it's very complicated there's a lot of law that's governing this particular intervention and of course as you know the security council resolution one thousand nine hundred eighty three is the most important arguably that's really go

that war the majority voted no so some annalise see elements of the showing the behavior of the us congress saying that many lawmakers don't miss a chance to snub the president yet knowing that this is not a small change much at the end of the day as capitol hill observers say when it comes to waging wars congress has generally been supported the resolution was sort of a way for the congress to show their frustration over the white house refusal to come to the lawmakers to seek authorization for military actions under the u.s. constitution only congress can declare war except the obama administration doesn't call it a war although we've last more than three months and involves many civilian deaths earlier this month the congressmen had a chance to send an even stronger message that house debated a resolution from congressman dennis kucinich that calls for an immediate end to u.s. involvement and the majority of lawmakers again voted no to that proposal nevertheless the lawmakers don't like being ignored but even those who truly want to stand up against the military actions in libya there is

the us congress has refused to grant president obama authority to continue the military campaign in libya but the very same lawmakers have turned down a motion to cut funding for the american action their votes are being seen as largely symbolic as the white house says it doesn't need congressional approval for the mission. reports from washington. the resolution adopted by the house of representatives is seen more like a message of rebuke to president obama rather than an actual war stopper because when it came to voting on cutting funds for that war the majority voted no so some annalise see elements of a showing the behavior of the u.s. congress saying that many lawmakers don't miss a chance to snub the president yet knowing that this novice won't change much at the end of the day as capitol hill observers say when it comes to waging wars congress has generally been supportive the resolution was sort of a way for the congress to show their frustration over the white house refusal to come to the lawmakers to seek authorization for the military actions under the u.s. constitution only co

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the lower house of us congress has voted down a resolution which expressed support for the american military action in libya the white house has never sought consent for the operation something which the house of representatives says is illegal lawmakers are now threatening to cut funding for the campaign altogether because well he's got a report that's unlikely. it's just a resolution it's not a bill but it's meant to sort of reprimand the commander in chief for his policies but there is another proposal on the table of the house of representatives and that is to cut off funding for u.s. participation in combat missions such as drone strikes in the nato led air war and only say it's a way for the congress to show their frustration over the white house refusal to come to the lawmakers to seek authorization for the military actions under the u.s. constitution only congress can declare war except the obama administration doesn't call it a war although we last more than three months and involves many civilian deaths that too is frustrating to many on capitol hill but it's the thought the measur

us congress threatens to block washington's campaign in libya days after the down lawmakers are furious about president obama extending the commitment to be. sent. to these the. grounds of the state. for giving this room with money and government over fears it could be. reconciled so. that's nice to see that cash. is up next the latest from the world of sports when you. think scary good morning from central moscow this is sports today i mean i mean headline. hitting the heights c.s.k. moscow claim their ninth straight russian basketball championship something credible is seen in all following victory over ten key in the p.d.l. decider. in the mood remarkably clear day one of the u.s. open moving three strokes in front and more of that. begin russia n.b.a. stars to white hart and andre curling to pay a visit to moscow giving their fans a chance to stay on course with the very. dominant russian basketball shows no signs of waning any time soon the only man forcing him key to wave the white flag in their final series raising it on president an eighteenth domestic championship banner and th

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the us congress has president obama for launching the operation in libya without its consent but will this change anything. that we talk to graham so you will rue the editor of palestine chronicle dot com you can check out our website r.t. dot com for the full interview. with r.t. live from moscow now the russian military says the massive fire i mean that's been raging for over twenty four hours has now been put out but the number of those injured in the accident continues to rise it currently stands at seventy eight dozens of buildings have been destroyed almost thirty thousand people forced to leave their homes. in the region that brings us. we're actually at the moment on the edge of the security perimeter that's been set up around this munitions holding facility we've seen helicopters and airplanes dousing the smoldering area around it there are no flames there we can see just now firefighters said that they had the situation localized it contained now from what we've seen we've been here this morning that is exactly the case they are a few areas of the forest around where the sto

by nature but he also has in the us congress a resolution was passed critical all watch president obama should stop it. there is division in washington well perhaps in the west in general inside nature. in this reported lander gadaffi says he's ready for ceasefire talks it's a thought if it's authentic do you think the u.s. will actually go for that. it's very difficult paul. the u.s. and its major allies britain france to accept any kind of ceasefire with colonel gadhafi because they have repeatedly said that any settlement can only follow is leaving office leaving power on the other hand we have signs that in fact there are fact channels between gadhafi and the rebels some of the rebel leaders who were in discussions with the nato leaders last week have said that they also talked with some and some. have a problem that is in charge of the bombing of the politics on the ground in the bench will be decided by libyans who are not necessarily the nato leaders would like so you don't think the congress would go for something like that even if it would stop the blood sad. mr ahmed can you h

his latest video the reports he's unlocking to make a difference it was pretty unusual for the us congress and i would say it was rather unconventional for the united states democratic majority came up with a pretty extensive and in-depth report regarding the u.s. aid to afghanistan most of all this particular report revealed the quantity of the you as dollars spent in afghanistan is not equal to the quality regarding the expected result and equally the difference between the strategy the tactics and operational mode to get the job it is just p.t. there's some reports mostly globe over by international media and we'll probably be put on the backburner during the intensified deliberations regarding their scope and tempo over the us troops withdrawal from afghanistan or rather may not push us president obama to factor in this report will come in durations and completely overhaul the already bankrupt us strategy. here various state. let's take a look at another headlines from around the world. in yemen thousands gathered on streets across the country a week of the president signing read to si

in the us congress a resolution was passed critical water. since the government started. there is division in washington and perhaps in the west in general and so i imagine it's very difficult for the u.s. and its major allies to accept any kind of. any second one although he was leaving office maybe on. the other hand i think that we have signs that it is perhaps there are five channels between gadhafi and the rebels some of the rebel leaders who were in. discussions with the greater leaders . of so that they also talked with the farmers or. have a problem but who is in charge of the politics on the ground in libya eventually we decided not necessarily. looters would like the streets are clashes between protesters and government forces in syria continue as a country face double pressure from the west britain and france have approached the u.n. security council with a draft resolution against syria both china and russia have said they won't back it in addition the international nuclear watchdog has raised questions over whether an installation destroyed four years ago by

put in the us congress a resolution was passed highly critical of what president obama has done since the bombing started so he begins to sound so i think there is division in washington well perhaps in the west in general inside nature it's very difficult paul the u.s. and its major allies britain harms to accept any kind of ceasefire with colonel gadhafi because they have repeatedly said that any such one can only hold who is leaving office leaving power on the other hand we have signs that in fact there are five channels between gadhafi and the rebels some of the rebel leaders who were in discussions with the voter leaders last week also talked with them still. have a problem but. is in charge of the bombing of the politics on the ground in the country will be decided by libya not necessarily as the nato leaders would like this week's are clashes between for tasks or as and government forces in syria continue as a country faced double pressure from the west britain france have approached the u.n. security council with a draft resolution against syria both china and russia have said

us congress members are threatening to cut funding for america's military campaign in libya which is wrecking up a bit of ten million dollars a day but the white house is refusing to ask for congressional approval of military action which is required by law the president is allowed ninety days before asking permission and that runs out this weekend but he's going to explains. u.s. lawmakers are saying that president obama has to either stop waging war in libya or ask for congressional approval the lawmakers claim that the military action will violate the nine hundred seventy three war powers resolution if it does not and by friday and they mean this friday ninety days after the intervention began under the u.s. constitution to wage a long term war the president needs to get authorization from congress analysts say the obama administration will certainly find a way to get around the requirements by referring to his rights as commander in chief as well as certain legal speed you know up to this day the administration has refused to say war when it comes to their actions in levy they ca

of his obviously under pressure he is also have been bombed by nato but he also seen that in the us congress a resolution was passed highly critical of what president obama had done since the bombing started so he begins to sense i think there is division in washington well perhaps in the west in general inside nato it's very difficult for the u.s. and its major allies britain and france to accept any kind of ceasefire with colonel gadhafi because they have repeatedly said that any settlement can only follow is leaving office leaving power on the other hand that we have signs that in fact there are factional between gadhafi and the rebels some of the rebel leaders who were in discussions with the nato leaders last week have said that they also talked with about his silence on. have a problem but is in charge of the bombing of the politics on the ground in libya benchley will be decided by libyans who are not necessarily the nato leaders would like. it's a gathering of political and financial elite in switzerland and it's very of secrecy is in force by an army of security guards it's all bank

no concern to note catch us congress members say they'll cut funding for the libya campaign and as the president gets the proper constitutional go ahead farmers ninety days about without sanction runs out this weekend for the white house claims that there's no need for congressional consent. and palestinians are out of pocket after israel holds back millions in tax dollars that's left tens of thousands of people without their wages in a move the television claims is necessary to prevent terrorists. from me. but i'm a world news with my colleague in about thirty minutes time before that though crosstalk discusses whether the eurozone is collapsing like a house of cards to stay with us. stood . alone and welcome to a special edition of crossfire i'm good with. the you're always in crisis we'll have you with us ten years from now. if you. start. to discuss the fate of the euro here at the st petersburg international economic forum i'm joined by alex since he's a professor of economics at yale university and roland know she's a senior partner in chief investment strategist at verne zero ca

africa killing their citizens i also don't support illegal wars launched without the support of the us congress on the premise of humanitarianism when that clearly is not with the wars about because then we'd be at bahrain we'd be in syria and yemen is well enough just to name a few so paul i will continue to question the actions of the us military abroad and you can keep doing the world in black and white all for the sake of making sure that everyone's either too scared or too dumb to actually look critically at those actions next i want to respond to a comment from my romeo dude on you do he says when considering the us military budget it makes me wonder what the cia additionally spends in these so-called war efforts more importantly what is the cia involvement with the use of contractors in the united states shadow foreign policy and you know my romeo do i want to have same question myself every day we already know the cia black budget is probably come around a trillion dollars annually and i probably just the tip of the iceberg we also know the cia is involved in several secret wars across

put in the us congress a resolution was passed highly critical of what president obama had done since the bombing started. so i think there is a division in washington well perhaps in the west in general inside nature it's very difficult for the u.s. and its major allies britain and france to accept any kind of ceasefire with colonel gadhafi because they have repeatedly said that and he said one can only follow who is leaving office moving past on the other hand that we have signs that in fact there are five channels between gadhafi and the rebels some of the rebel leaders who were in. discussions with the nature leaders last week have so that they also talked with the girl he saw them saw you have a problem but who is in charge of the bombing for the politics on the ground in the country will be decided by libya not necessarily as the nato leaders would like. it's a gathering of political and financial elite and its veil of secrecy has been forced by an army of security guards it's all bankrolled by swiss taxpayers even as europe tightens its belt and forces through brutal austerity

in contrast i have voted for every authorization to use military force that's come before this congress in the last 15 years and i would support the authorization to use force with libya if it had the proper conditions and limits. this resolution does no force, would not actually rest in the immediate withdrawal. instead it would force the president to come to this congress and seek authorization pursuant to law. and would get that authorization, i believe, with the appropriate limits and conditions. that would be an improvement to our foreign policy. more importantly, it would mean we are following the constitution. the war powers act is the law of the land and it reqres congressional authorization for military actions that take more than 60 days. we long for democracy and the rule of law in libya, but not at the expense of democracy and rule of law in the united states. if we don't require compliance with the war powers act, who will? and if the war powers act becomes a dead letter, who will constrain some future president with imperial ambitions? if your constituents insist that you

congress hasn't approved. in every previous instance the president will never. agreeing that the war powers act is constitutional as it used to it either got in congress to pass it with the station for the use of military force or appropriations or something and here he did not he simply went right ahead ignored it and then justified that is that by saying that. this is not a feeling which is absurd doesn't pass the laugh test frankly right i mean they're still john going over let me i don't know i mean i would think most people can certainly tell it but i might have been there but i want to get to know is this last friday we saw the house vote down a bill that would have given obama authority to continue u.s. military and action in libya however it doesn't really have an immediate effect on american involvement it won't result in immediate change to defense funding or military strategy so why not go further and congress. i think we should go for that i'm going to be co-sponsoring in amendment to cut off all funds it when we do the defense bill next week. barbara lee and i and several others are going to be sponsoring them

reported that in a stress test to come out soon one in six european banks is set to fail while the us congress is entrenched in its own debate over budgets and deep faults when we look to europe as an example or discuss this with me as anthony rand director of economic research for the reason foundation and we thank so much for being here tonight well for starters everyone is just waiting on pins and needles to see what actually happens is they're saying that the vote is expected do you have any insight there as to what's good we've got i think of the seven am eastern time you know fortunately i don't know really in the greek parliament to get a good sense of what's going to happen but i do think it's going to pass i think the general sense of reporting coming out of greece is that it passed because it has to pass there really is no alternative if they don't i mean in theory they could run the vote the next day but they were as you just mentioned they've got a couple weeks of base of the just at the end of the summer until they have no more money and then they're going to wind up having to do

congress was fooled. they called the gulf of tonguin resolution -- tongin -- tonkin resolution. the issue before us is not consultation with congress. it's not a lack of information to congress. it's the fact that congress must act. and that is why the boehner resolution is beside the point. now, in past there is a good reason, there is time, there is emergencies. but here secretary gates said that if no threat to the vital -- national security of the united states. we have time to negotiate with the arab league. we had time to go to the u.n. there was time to go to congress and ask for authorization for use of military war. the president gave us his reasons for going into libya. not everyone agrees with those, but the question is not -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. nadler: it's enforcing the constitution. if we pass the kucinich resolution, the president would have 15 days to come before us and ask us to authorize the use of force if that is necessary. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: i recognize mr. poe of texas for tw

him why regulators needed more time. >> um, the american public needs us to move forward and get all of these rules in place. congress gave us one year to do that. it's complicated subject and we substantially finished proposing 51 of these rules but it's going to take us more time. we hope to be able to complete the final rules over the course of the rest of the calendar year. >> so you're supporters have said to me, you know, he's the most aggressive regulator in washington. your critics say he's the most aggressive regulator in washington in fact so aggressive that these rules on margins and the way he's implementing the dodd frank reform law risks hurting american business. what do you say to that complaint? >> i say that transparent markets and well regulated markets benefit the american public and businesses and ultimately help promote jobs. the financial system fails america and the regulatory system failed. but what we know from prior failures out of the depression that well regulated markets help promote the economy. and this market, this swaps market that was so much a part of the crisis and all we need say

i will prefer to use the words that congress used. in the minimum coverage provision, and the reason -- it may be similar to your economic mandate. it is thoroughly about financing. it is about regulating whether someone will pay cash or credit. and in that sense, it is not unusual at all. >> all that is true, but i like to go back where chief judge dubina began. is there any case out there that you can cite to me -- i cannot find any -- that involves a court or the supreme court having sustained a mandate for telling any private person to purchase any product? frame that narrowly, and i know you challenge the framing of the question as my optically limited, but it is framed in that way, is there any case out there that has sustained on commerce clause grounds the power to compel the purchase of a product on the open market? >> that is not the power we are searching. -- asserting. >> you say this is stated so narrowly as to misstate what congress is trying to do. i accept that. but going back to the first principle, is there anything

involvement in the libya mission by using congress's power to limit funding. told according to republican leadership sources, something this week -- leadership hadn't settled on a strategy yet. but we're told to look for a voter or a series of votes on thursday. one example, one potential option i'm told, is to say no funding may be used for ground troops in libya. anyone watching who knows about the libyan mission will say, there aren't any ground troops in libyan but republican sources say that would be one way to prevent things to escalate. and provide a way tore lawmakers to channel their frustration with the way the president has handled this, not coming to congress for authorization, for example. they're looking for a middle ground and they're worried about growing support by both parties to completely cut funding and force the u.s. to abandon the mission so they're looking for a way around that to vote for something. >> david, why is the obama administration so resistant to go to congress and try to get authorization for the action? >> well, i think for

congress often does the rest of us no favors as we try to figure out what congress had in mind when they wrote a law. do we look at the structure of the statute? do we look more broadly at statutory context, including history and a broader congressional purposes? do we look at all of them, or only some of them? i think the fact that pre- emption cases are difficult because pre-emption -- because congressional intent is so hard to discern is that judges will make judgment calls. those are contemptible. the will and that this agreement. the court will be moved to disappear -- move to intervene and make a judgment call. how does one go about divining congressional intent? that is not easy to answer in the abstract and across the board. the same justices do with the question of congressional intent differently in different cases. i think two of the most important cases of the term illustrate this nicely -- waiting and conception. in writing, - whiting, the court said this arizona law which imposed sanctions on those who hire illegal immigrants, was not prohibited -- was not pre- emption of f

they are using an improper means to beneficially affect health care service. congress made explicit findings that violence against women caused billions of dollars. the court said that is a permissible goal. it is the same we're dealing with the dead. but you used improper means. you are not regulating commerce. you are not regulating commerce. here they are regulating the economic decision to stay out of the the commerce. the other point is there is a subset of the people we are regulating. they do go to the doctor and they do not pay the doctor. that is commerce-affecting activity. that is negative. it is irrelevant. it does not matter whether the classification happens to encompass people that they could have regulated. if that were true, lopez would have been decided differently. at least 90% of the people had the guns near the school. they got them through interstate commerce. a huge subset of the people being regulated could have been regulated under a proper commerce law. whether they had gone through interstate. the court did not say it does not matter if it is

in contrast i have voted for every authorization to use military force that's come before this congress in the last 15 years and i would support the authorization to use force with libya if it had the proper conditions and limits. this resolution does not force, would not actually result in the immediate withdrawal. instead it would force the president to come to this congress and seek authorization pursuant to law. and would get that authorization, i believe, with the appropriate limits and conditions. that would be an improvement to our foreign policy. more importantly, it would mean we are following the constitution. the war powers act is the law of the land and it requires congressional authorization for military actions that take more than 60 days. we long for democracy and the rule of law in libya, but not at the expense of democracy and rule of law in the united states. if we don't require compliance with the war powers act, who will? and if the war powers act becomes a dead letter, who will constrain some future president with imperial ambitions? if your constituents insist that

we recognize that congress has powers to regulate and terminate uses of force and that the war powers resolution it plays an important role in promoting dialogue. my testimony continues that dialogue, which now includes more than 10 hearings, 30 briefings, and dozens of exchanges with congress on these issues. from the start, we have saw to obey the law a bill would not serve an administration that did not. the president reported to congress consistent with the war powers resolution within 48 hours of commencing operations in libya. he friend our military mission in narrowly, directing, among other things, that no ground troops would lead -- would be deployed. on iger 4, u.s. forces would transition responsibility to nato command, -- on april 4, u.s. forces with transition responsibilities to nato command. this does not constitute a bore, requiring specific congressional approval under the declaration of war clause of the constitution. as my mission. apps and express congressional authorization for the resolution tricks the president to remove u.s. armed forces within 60 days from the

no consent no catch us the congress members say they'll cut funding for the libya campaign unless the president gets the proper constitutional go ahead obama's in ninety days of action without sanction runs out this weekend but the white house claims there's no need for can go. consent. and the palestinians are out of pocket. millions in tax dollars it's left tens of thousands of people without their wages in a move that tel aviv claims is necessary to prevent terrorism. right next to. russia's black sea coast is a red hot spot for tourists looking for a colorful breakaway do enjoy. if you're taking your first trip to russia you'll probably be more inclined to pack a fur coat rather than a bucket and spade but if you have down south to the krisna the region you'll find long beach is and hundreds of kilometers of beautiful coastline literally millions of people flock here every year proof that while russia may be famous for its snow and skiing there's plenty of sun sand and see here as well. this is the longest developed embankments in europe fourteen kilometers of it and in the middle

most of american history that separation of powers between the president and the congress remained intact. but then after us presidents ignored congress to launch the korean war in the one nine hundred fifty s. and the vietnam war shortly thereafter congress asserted its constitutional authority to rein in richard nixon with the war powers resolution there's a new law that lets the president commit the nation to war without congress but only for sixty days. still a pretty generous handover of power of the executive branch one that in my personal opinion is clearly unconstitutional and should be rolled back by the supreme court but that's another whole nother rant it was an affront to nixon however who vetoed the war powers resolution basically saying he was going to play ball with any of these new restrictions on the power he and his recent predecessors have claimed in the oval office. the congress overturned a nixon's veto and passed a law these new checks on presidential power that our founders never. ten to the president. from that point on after sixty days a president must ask congress for permission to