the u.s. role in that nato campaign. chief political correspondent carl cameron has more. reporter: congress defeated what would have allowed the libya operation for a year. it was laced with bipartisan frustration at the commanderrer in chief. the president has yet to explain what american interest are at stake. what outcomes he hopes to achieve. > more an a third of democrats join all but eight republicans to deny authorization. antiwar liberals accuse the commander in chief of violating the constitution four months ago when the airstrike op libya began. it s unconstitutional. article i, section eight, has given congress the power to declare war. others charge the president violating the war powers act by not obtaining congressional authorization within 90 days of beginning hostilities. the war powers act is the law of the land. if we don t stand up for it now, when we will. lawmakers trash the claim the president doesn t need operation because the soldiers are
weighing a presidential run learned the hard way how tough comedy can be. he was addressing the national association of latino elected a appointed officials when he joked about the last name of up with of his spanish appoint tees. perry said jose cuevas was the perfect choice for the state alcoholic beverage commission because his name sounded like to popular tequila brand jose cuerva. the joke fell flat with the audience. most people would agree there is nothing funny about the economy these days but older miles per hours may feel they have seen the movie before in part five of the series on saving the economy, correspondent kel skel look at whether doug mckelway looks at whether massive government spending has ever been the right answer. the president came to office if financial crisis and believed the way out was through a massive top-down government stimulus
carl cameron has more. reporter: congress defeated what would have allowed the libya operation for a year. it was laced with bipartisan frustration at the commanderrer in chief. the president has yet to explain what american interest are at stake. what outcomes he hopes to achieve. more an a third of democrats join all but eight republicans to deny authorization. antiwar liberals accuse the commander in chief of violating the constitution four months ago when the airstrike op libya began. it s unconstitutional. article i, section eight, has given congress the power to declare war. others charge the president violating the war powers act by not obtaining congressional authorization within 90 days of beginning hostilities. the war powers act is the law of the land. if we don t stand up for it now, when we will. lawmakers trash the claim the president doesn t need operation because the soldiers are not engaged in hostilities. i believe that argument shows conte