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Msg. 14983 of 21975
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"The only Congressman to stand up and object was Allen West."

As I have mentioned before on this board. Allen West for president, one of the few who appear to get what is going on, or have the guts to say it.

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Re: Israeli embassy in Cairo burned...
By: DueDillinger
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Sun, 11 Sep 11 11:57 AM
Msg. 14982 of 21975

I knew they had 1000 already. I checked the Congressional Record and there seems to be no action on the request since it was filed.

My representative is a RINO fool and a query to his office would be a waste of time. The only Congressman to stand up and object was Allen West. I may correspond with West, asking about a followup to this:

http://west.house.gov/images/stories/Letter_to_Chairman_McKeon_on_Tank_Sales_to_Egypt_-_18_JUL_2011.pdf

I did find this, which tells me that unless Congress specifically passes legislation to block a sale, no explicit permission is necessary beyond the notification:

In general, the executive branch, after complying with the terms of applicable U.S. law, principally contained in the AECA, is free to proceed with an arms sales proposal unless Congress passes legislation prohibiting or modifying the proposed sale. Under current law Congress must overcome two fundamental obstacles to block or modify a Presidential sale of military equipment: it must pass legislation expressing its will on the sale, and it must be capable of overriding a presumptive Presidential veto of such legislation. Congress, however, is free to pass legislation to block or modify an arms sale at any time up to the point of delivery of the items involved. This report will be updated, if notable changes in these review procedures or applicable law occur.

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Congressional Disapproval by Joint Resolution

Although Congress has more than one legislative option it can use to block or modify an arms sale, one option explicitly set out in law for blocking a proposed arms sale is the use of a joint resolution of disapproval as provided for in Section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act. Under the AECA, the formal notification is legally required to be submitted to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Speaker of the House. The Speaker has routinely referred these notifications to the House Foreign Affairs Committee as the committee of jurisdiction. As a courtesy, the Defense Department has submitted a copy of the statutory notification to the House Foreign Affairs Committee when that notification is submitted to the Speaker of the House. Under this option, after receiving a statutory Section 36(b) notification from the executive branch, opponents of the arms sale would introduce joint resolutions in the House and Senate drafted so as to forbid by law the sale of the items specified in the formal sale notification(s) submitted to the Congress. If no member introduces such a measure, the AECA’s provisions expediting congressional action, discussed below, do not take effect.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL31675.pdf

There have been no joint resolutions introduced to block the sale to date.

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