http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/09/1369673/-Cheney-Congress-must-not-interfere-with-the-President-s-Iran-policy?detail=facebook_sf#
That's right. In the wake of the arms-for-hostages scandal that engulfed President Reagan in 1986, the minority Republican response
to the congressional Iran-Contra investigation declared that Congress,
not the White House, had done something wrong. Joined then by Utah
Senator Orrin Hatch (who also signed this week's letter) among other GOP
leaders, Cheney didn't just denounce the majority's findings
as "clearly cast in such a partisan tone," but insisted President
Reagan had the constitutional authority to ignore the congressional ban
on aid to the Nicaraguan Contras:
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