Antiwar momentum gathered steam on Capitol Hill Tuesday with new resolutions and testimony challenging the Bush administration’s plans for Iraq. Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, former Bush administration counsel Bradford Berenson said the Constitution gives Congress “broad authority” to end the war. Three other constitutional experts gave backing testimony. Republican Senator Arlen Specter challenged President Bush’s recent vow to send more troops to Iraq regardless of what happens in Congress.

Sen. Arlen Specter: “I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider, that the decider is a shared and joint responsibility.”