According to several members of the US Congress, President Barack Obama violated the law that requires the government to inform the legislators about the transfer of five senior insurgent leaders from a Guantanamo Bay prison in exchange for Taliban captive and US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.
In a letter backed by 40 US Congress members to the US Department of Agriculture, the lawmakers are calling for the amendments of the archaic provisions of the Animal Welfare Act, especially concerning captive orcas, Buzzfeed reported.
In a Congressional hearing, Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte was overhead saying that US President Barack Obama's tactics to pressure the GOP to act on immigration amendments could backfire on him, the Associated Press said.