pdq,

You seem to be defining these votes with your own words.

I don't remember any vote authorizating the eviction of Saddam Hussein's government. Wasn't it more like giving the President to use good judgement in dealing with a threat?

If Bush and Cheney had honestly laid all their cards on the table and caled for an up or down vote on ousting Hussein. It would have been at least 77-23 the other way.