Sen. Reid favors bill restricting attack on Iran
By Richard Cowan
Reuters
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record) on Thursday said he likely would support legislation barring a U.S. attack on Iran unless Congress explicitly gave President George W. Bush the green light to do so.
The Nevada Democrat was responding to reporters' questions about an amendment to an upcoming war-funding bill, which could come to the Senate floor later this month. The amendment is being drafted by Sen. James Webb (news, bio, voting record), the Virginia Democrat who won his seat in November largely on a vow to work to end the war in Iraq.
"I would be very, very confident, I have not read this (amendment), but I'm confident, in real generality ... that I can support him," Reid told reporters.
Webb's amendment would prohibit Bush from spending any money on a "unilateral military action in Iran without the express consent of the Congress," the Virginia senator told reporters on Wednesday. He said there would be some exceptions, but did not detail them.
Webb said he used as a "starting point" legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in January by Republican Rep. Walter Jones (news, bio, voting record) of North Carolina making it clear that the Iraq war resolution passed by Congress in 2002 does not authorize the use of force in Iran.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record) on Thursday said he likely would support legislation barring a U.S. attack on Iran unless Congress explicitly gave President George W. Bush the green light to do so.
The Nevada Democrat was responding to reporters' questions about an amendment to an upcoming war-funding bill, which could come to the Senate floor later this month. The amendment is being drafted by Sen. James Webb (news, bio, voting record), the Virginia Democrat who won his seat in November largely on a vow to work to end the war in Iraq.
"I would be very, very confident, I have not read this (amendment), but I'm confident, in real generality ... that I can support him," Reid told reporters.
Webb's amendment would prohibit Bush from spending any money on a "unilateral military action in Iran without the express consent of the Congress," the Virginia senator told reporters on Wednesday. He said there would be some exceptions, but did not detail them.
Webb said he used as a "starting point" legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in January by Republican Rep. Walter Jones (news, bio, voting record) of North Carolina making it clear that the Iraq war resolution passed by Congress in 2002 does not authorize the use of force in Iran.
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