Bob Casey Jr.: “The Congress is showing too much deference to the President…”

“I think it was, it was adverse to the interests of our country to have it happen this time. But this has been going on for too many years where The Congress is showing too much deference to the President and the executive branch when it comes to the grave question of war. That should be debated. So would you have the President's power? Absolutely, I would have, yes. But even before you get to that limitation of the power, there should be, there should be a debate that precedes us.” (09:40–09:49)

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