European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 10 Lulli Walter a Mears wednesday january 9,1991 a Fern up a we Quot a nov y say r is a a a a a purse has Congress agonizing Washington a Congress May have. The ultimate weapon in the fight Over who controls War making but As a practical Mailer it s a weapon that can t be used now. 1 hat w weapon is Money Only Congress can appropriate the funds to wage War. More to the Point Only Congress could vote to withhold or restrict the use of those funds. There s a $20 billion Hill coming for operation desert shield without combat. If there is War the appropriation would have far higher. There arc reservations and misgivings about persian Gulf policy in the new More democratic Congress. And though the possibility has been discussed there a no real Chance that Mav Josities in. The House and Senate would vote to withhold Money just to stay Percsi Dent flush a hand in the Middle Bast. Rei Richard a. Gephardt of Missouri the House majority Leader talked about holding up funds to enforce what he said is a constitutional requirement that Rush get congressional approval before putting , forces into action. If hush gives the order without that approval Gephardt said a Congress has to reach for the Only tool left to it which is to Cut off the funding for the War for the a rut that tool is out of reach. There Isnit the time there Aren t the votes and there is no democratic consensus for taking the political risk that would go with such a a move v. A a according to the democrats neither ate there the votes to approve a Resolution backing the use of Force Senate majority Leader George j. Mitsiell a Maine said he told Rush he doubts Quot such a Resolution would pass at this time. Mitchell said Rush should not Lake Ollen Sive action without an of from a a. 0. A. Gephardt Constitution was a at its clearest on the Power to declare War and thus the requirement that Bush get congressional approval. Hie administration does no to see it that Way maintaining that Bush has ample an William Safi re tvs Fow Fet to Jagg was 1 a Hority As commander in chief. Although such questions Are debatable there is no doubt on the Power of the. v rut sen. Robert j. Dole of Kansas the Republican Leader said Gephardt s de. 29 suggestion that funds might be withheld was incredible. A. A a of d like him to fell that Quot to the troops in the Sands of saudi Arabia a Dole isaid. And rushes spokesman said it was a a very. Dangerous proposition to propose that they would Cut of funding for american troops. Quot. Top democrats including Gephardt say they Are prepared to support military action if there Are no. Alternatives but not yet. R. A. They want to Wail longer to see whether economic sanctions will Force iraqi withdrawal. A a a a a Rush said he would Welcome comes. Signal backing for the United nations Resolution demanding. Iraqi withdrawal by Jan. 15, and authorizing the use of Force if that deadline Isnit met. Failing that Bush would prefer silence while he tries to turn the screws on Saddam Hussein. Quot a he told congressional leaders that a Long divisive debate might Plant doubt in Baghdad about Detent nation. A a silence is one thing he Isnit Likely to get. The persian Gulf been conducted at a distance often in rival Televik Sion interviews. A. A 1. Congress is Back As a forum although it wont be meeting regularly until late in the month. Quot a Quot when troops Are on the line any suggestion of withholding funds it a High risk political proposal. A. Quot. That was so even after a decade of War in Vietnam when congressional critics of . Policy tried to restrict the use of appropriations to defensive operations and to financing american troop withdrawals. When the Senate in 1970 approved an amendment cutting off funds for . Troop operations across the Border in Cambodia it was As former president Nixon wrote a the first restrictive vote Ever cast on a president in it was debated for seven weeks then spurned by the More Haw Kish House. In 1973, Congress barred spending to continue . Bombing raids on Cambodia and restricted the use of appropriations for combat operations in and his allies said at the time that it had crippled a negotiating policy that would have worked and yanked the Rug from under american troops in. The Field. /. That was near the end of a Long divisive War. Now the Issue is whether and when to go to War. Bin the arguments of that Era Are Likely to Echo in this one. A the. Associated press Quot. Flashing i on a h All started with Edmund Ruf-1 Al ass in a no the a present slate of the our then required that the president report to the Congress information on the Quot slate of the Union Quot along with a such measures As he shall judge and expedient a. A. A now every january governors intone their a state of the state Quot mayors their a state of the City and executives everywhere their states of the whatever. As a result the state of the audience is bored to the Point of stupefaction. A with characteristic sumption while House chief of a stall John Sununu stole a hallowed tradition front the speaker of the House and announced that the president would be the. Guest of Congress on Jan. 27, i hats less then two weeks after the Jan. 15 . Kuwait deadline 1 he National Security Council staff Tun t Start on the foreign affairs part yet because it does t know what Sadil in Hussein w he do. 1 he Domestic councils Roger Porter however knows that Rush is getting knocked for do nothing ism at. Home and is busily circulating a memo with a dozen potential a initiatives. Quot he enlivens one with a couple of facts i about the same number of students 45 million attend primary and secondary schools As did it years ago and 2 in constant dollars adjusted for inflation $79 billion More is being spent on education in 1990 than in 1980. Has this added state and local spending helped education All that much a a a 1 Hen come choices Tor ideas including a vouchers to let parents and students choose i heir schools introducing Competition b alternative certification of teachers and e site based management my source would have explained those last two but heard Sununu footsteps. When Rush makes ,the hard part comes for the Stute of the unionists using the presidents speech to energize and motivate school Reform not subsidize it. A a a a a. A the feds pay Only 7 percent of the education Bill which is proper in a diverse nation besides the old Revenue sharing has now become deficit sharing. The president must exhort knowing he will be zapped by educators for not proposing More spending. Other areas on the Domestic list Range from a few thoughts on ii conservation a to be called a a National Energy strategy Quot a to some necessary specifics on rebuilding the Deposit insurance system for Banks. Otherwise called a banking Reform. Rut what about the great debate that is supposed to be going on in the Rush administration pitting the Neo neocon a new paradigm empowerment Choice Enterprise crowd against the Root canal social Darma ism of the budget pragmatists i would explain those Catchy terms but i hear Sununu footsteps. A the intellectual ferment is not All that profound budget Boss Richard Dammart mocked the packaging of ideas put Forward last year by Jim Pinkerton the dangling Bush Wunderkind who takes government seriously v which happily propelled his a new paradigm out of obscurity a at least to political philosophy freaks. Rut the Darman diatribe was smart Alecks not substantial he has since made his peace with the Earnest huskies w to have a creditable approach to Copic with social welfare in a time of Auster ii. Amp empowerment a a Jack Kempis term for offering Bootstraps m place of shoes has not been seriously challenged even by democrats. It Ain t new but it ainu to bad and Competition. A a a r r11 a list ideas the presidents men will submit Sci Sun memos a if Rush wants to pacify Congress he win include the proposals in a speech that praises the i tean air act and hails the Way the leadership took him a to the cleaners on the budget. If he decides to Jake the Congress on Sununu will a sect the speech Wnters to ado plan abrasive tone deman. Ing a recovery package including a Revenue pro Mucins capital gains tax Cut and putting a thumb in every incumbent s Eye with a Call for a limitation on the it cars a representative can serve. The in abrasive writers will put those decisions r,10 vl1 up Cal Stocch draft or up draft destined to be rewritten to a erect the triumphant apologetic or Ruso Etc Perusin Gulf Section of the address the heart of the matter. Is in a stale of the speech report on the slate of the decisions on the state of the draft of the slate of the Union. The new York tunes the opinions expressed in the columns and carte a Quot t fac Rte pc sent those of the authors and Are ii St 0i?s, cd As representing the views of 1 ripes or the United states government
