You can urge your Senators and Representative to insist that Congress debate and vote to approve or reject an authorization for the use of military force before any U.S. military action against the Syrian government.
Russia, also speaking before the Council, questioned Washington's motives and sternly rejected any authorization of military action in advance of thorough weapons inspections.
When the same issue arose with Obama's war in Libya in the absence of Congressional approval (indeed, after Congress expressly rejected its authorization), State Department adviser Harold Koh was forced to repudiate Obama's own words and say he was wrong back then.
Meanwhile, the House has already rejected an authorization bill, and a bipartisan group of lawmakers is backing an amendment that would cut off funding for the effort.
Making matters worse, Burmese authorities began rejecting travel authorizations for NGOs.
The Win Without War coalition is strongly opposed to American military intervention in Syria and urges Congress to reject any proposed authorization for the use of military force.
President Obama exercised his veto power Thursday for just the fifth time in his presidency, rejecting a defense authorization bill because of the way it would sidestep budget limitations for the military and because it would restrict the transfer of detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay.
19 The European Medicines Agency, however, rejected the marketing authorization application of PHEN/TPM in the European Union in October 2012 due to concerns over potential long-term cardiovascular and central nervous system effects, teratogenic potential, and the possibility of use by patients for whom this combination therapy is not indicated.
Congress was inundated with calls 100 to 1 against bombing Syria, and, faced with such overwhelming opposition, was set to reject the requested war authorization.
The President's supporters emphasized repeatedly that Iraq would be encouraged to stay in Kuwait if Congress rejected a request for authorization to use force.
The statute that created the ICCVAM specifically separates validation and regulatory acceptance so that an agency may, at its discretion, accept or reject a validated test (ICCVAM Authorization Act 2000).
