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Jake Auchincloss: “Congress is starting to wake up from its constitutional…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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Iran War Was Illegal On Day One Says Rep. Auchincloss

Published | Video Starts at 01:12

Nuclear enrichment, missile capabilities, funding of proxy terror forces. And so while it's true that this President would veto a War Powers resolution, what this also exemplifies is that Congress is starting to wake up from its constitutional slumber and is going to take back the steering wheel of foreign policy. before he starts a third quagmire in the Middle East. Well, when we consider the President's veto authority, that's not the only route he could take. (01:12–01:21)

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Asserts that Congress is reclaiming its role in foreign policy decision-making.

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