Jim Risch: “The War Powers Act was enacted in 1973 by Congress.”

“The third part is how we got here, where we are and where we're going. A little more interesting, I think. In any event, as far as The War Powers Act was enacted in 1973 by Congress. It was designed to try to cut into the constitutional powers of the president under Article 2 of the Constitution.” (01:05–01:12)

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