[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 7837-7838]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP

  (Mr. BLUNT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BLUNT. Madam Speaker, there was no vote taken yesterday not to

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support our military. There was a vote taken not to endorse a policy 
that we should have been asked weeks ago before the bombing started to 
be part of. There was a vote not to endorse a policy that has not been 
explained to this Congress the way it should have been explained by the 
administration.
  We have heard of vile partisanship on this House yesterday, but over 
2 dozen members of the Democratic party voted with Republicans, 
Republicans voted with Democrats. We would be glad to have those 2 
dozen members of that party if they do not want them.
  This was not a statement about vile partisanship. This was a 
statement about principle. This is about whether foreign policy is 
driven by the Constitution or by CNN, and the Constitution says the 
President and the Congress should be involved in that.
  I call on the President to provide the leadership that this Congress 
needs.

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