H.Con.Res. 57 (112th): Expressing the sense of Congress that the President is in violation of the War Powers Resolution regarding the use of United States Armed Forces in Libya, and for other purposes.

Introduced:
Jun 01, 2011 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL16]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)

The resolution’s title was written by the resolution’s sponsor. H.Con.Res. stands for House concurrent resolution.

(About Ads | Advertise Here)
Status

This resolution was introduced on June 1, 2011, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Jun 01, 2011
Referred to Committee Jun 01, 2011
Cosponsors
16 cosponsors (16R) (show)
Committees

House Foreign Affairs

The committee chair determines whether a resolution will move past the committee stage.

Summary

No summaries available.

Text

Read Resolution Text »

Last updated Jun 01, 2011.
2 pages

Primary Source

View on THOMAS (The Library of Congress)

GovTrack gets most information from THOMAS, which is updated generally one day after events occur. Activity since the last update may not be reflected here.

Citation

Click a format for a citation suggestion:

GovTrack’s Bill Summary

We don’t have a summary available yet.

Library of Congress Summary

The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress.

6/1/2011--Introduced.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President is in violation of the War Powers Resolution regarding the use of U.S. Armed Forces in Libya and, if the President does not obtain congressional authorization by June 19, 2011, the President should remove the Armed Forces from Libya and the region as soon as practicable after such date.

House Republican Conference Summary

The summary below was written by the House Republican Conference, which is the caucus of Republicans in the House of Representatives.

No summary available.

House Democratic Caucus Summary

The House Democratic Caucus does not provide summaries of bills.

So, yes, we display the House Republican Conference’s summaries when available even if we do not have a Democratic summary available. That’s because we feel it is better to give you as much information as possible, even if we cannot provide every viewpoint.

We’ll be looking for a source of summaries from the other side in the meanwhile.