When you cut through the political BS, this is what Sen. Leahy's whining boils down to:
"President Clinton never consulted Congress on hundreds of orders he imposed," said Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. "If you have a power, you utilize it. I think that whining about consultation is an indication of weakness in their fundamental argument. They now concede that there's no real fundamental problem here, so they've fallen back on the argument that they weren't consulted."
-Associated Press