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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocratic Lawmakers Introduce Bill Limiting Trump's Ability To Launch Nuclear Strike
http://crooksandliars.com/2017/01/democratic-lawmakers-introduce-billGo ahead GOP keep covering up your lies for your DON The CON....seems having that money... is more important then us having nuclear war...to kill all of us GOD HELP US ALL ,WITH A CRAZY PERSON IN THE WHITE HOUSE.......HE IS TO DANGEROUS TO BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE ......
still_one
(92,325 posts)Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)gordianot
(15,242 posts)Will Trump have to be hospitalized?
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Hope they follow through
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)And it's not going to get any better.
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)GP6971
(31,199 posts)Takket
(21,607 posts)first off, even if this passed congress, wouldn't trump have to sign it into law?
second, can the president launch nukes without a formal declaration of war, which comes from congress? i think he can because if someone launched an attack on us we can't sit around waiting for a congressional vote, but not entirely sure.
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)I thought Bush went to war without it being approved....not sure...
Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)From: The Presidential Veto and Congressional Veto Override Process
https://www.archives.gov/files/legislative/resources/education/veto/background.pdf
Congress can override a veto by passing the act by a two -thirds vote in both the House and the Senate. (Usually an act is passed with a simple majority.) This check prevents the President from blocking an act when significant support for it exists. Two-thirds is a high standard to meetbroad support for an act is needed to reach this threshold. The Presidents veto power is significant because Congress rarely overrides vetoesout of 1,484 regular vetoes since 1789, only 7.1%, or 106, have been overridden.
gordianot
(15,242 posts)There is virtually no time and almost all of our infrastructure is dependent on vulnerable electronics.
uppityperson
(115,678 posts)Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,014 posts)trump's clearly unstable and filled with paranoid conspiracy theories.
Judging from insider leaks, he sounds absolutely manic.