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Henry Cuellar: “The 1973 war powers gives the President 60 to 90 days before…”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

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Rep. Cuellar Weekly Recap - March 27

Published | Video Starts at 02:34

He's got to make sure that, you know, what's the exit strategy? Why are we, you know exactly what are the objectives there? I said on defense appropriations, I still haven't seen that. The 1973 war powers gives the President 60 to 90 days before Congress came in. I said 30 days. 30 days is this week. But the resolution didn't come up. So hopefully in a couple of weeks I will be ready to vote on it. (02:34–02:42)

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Asserts that the 1973 War Powers Resolution gives the President 60 to 90 days, but Henry Cuellar advocated for 30 days.

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