US House votes to block funding for Libya

The headline above is from a story appearing at the top of Al Jazeera's English. Looking at that headline one would assume that with the passage of this law it must now be enforced. One problem America doesn't have a Parliamentary government. For this to have the full weight of enforcement this must be passed by the Senate and then signed into law by President Obama.

The US House of Representatives has voted to prohibit the use of funds for US military operations in Libya.

Politicians adopted the amendment to a military appropriations bill by a vote of 248 to 163 late on Monday.

A number of members of Congress have expressed their dissatisfaction at Barack Obama's, the US president, decision to go ahead with operations in Libya in March and to continue without congressional authorisation.

According to US law, the president must seek congressional authorisation to send US troops into combat and must withdraw the forces within 60 days if Congress has not authorised the military action.

It might help if Al Jazeera explained that very important fact as part of the stories lead,