Wednesday's lawsuit comes one day after House  expressed his concerns in a letter to the president that his administration has violated the . US federal law requires that, if Congress does not approve military action, the president must withdraw forces within 60 days from the beginning of the conflict, and that the withdrawal must be completed by the 90th day. The latter deadline will pass this Sunday. The lawsuit, filed by Dennis Kucinich (  representative from Ohio) and (  representative from North Carolina), along with eight other congressmen, will cite the legislature's "" in addition to the War Powers Resolution. It will "challenge the executive branch's circumvention of Congress," and its use of UN and NATO mandates rather than Congress to justify its own actions, according to Kucinich.
Wednesday's lawsuit comes one day after House John Boehner expressed his concerns in a letter to the president that his administration has violated the . US federal law requires that, if Congress does not approve military action, the president must withdraw forces within 60 days from the beginning of the conflict, and that the withdrawal must be completed by the 90th day. The latter deadline will pass this Sunday. The lawsuit, filed by Dennis Kucinich ( Democratic representative from Ohio) and ( Republican representative from North Carolina), along with eight other congressmen, will cite the legislature's "" in addition to the War Powers Resolution. It will "challenge the executive branch's circumvention of Congress," and its use of UN and NATO mandates rather than Congress to justify its own actions, according to Kucinich.
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John Boehner
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