Jim West

wrote in part:


In fact, one might wonder why he needed to write a letter to Congress
at all at that time. A cynical person might speculate that ....
remainder snipped

Of course, all those speculations are completely pointless since the reason the
letter was sent was to comply with federal laws that *require* the Executive to
formally inform Congress when emergency powers are exercised.
It's interesting how in politics partisanship so often masquerades as
pragmatism or even cynicism. g

Regards,
Bob Hunt