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Ron Johnson: “Did President Obama ever get a congressional authorization…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Has any Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality War Powers Act? Well, no, because as I suggested in my testimony, the Supreme Court has made it hard to challenge. Did President Obama ever get a congressional authorization in his military action against Libya? No, he did not. Okay. Did President Clinton ever get congressional authorization, his military action against. In Kosovo? (03:23–03:30)

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Asserts that President Obama did not get congressional authorization for military action in Libya.

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