Summer Lee: “Finally, after many attempts and a lot of stalling, we were…”

“… is what a war powers resolution is, is to say that the executive branch does not have the constitutional right to unilaterally declare war without an act of Congress. So Finally, after many attempts and a lot of stalling, we were able to pass [the War Powers resolution] out of both the Senate and the House. to vote for it and Democrats, because, let's be real, the big hold up for the last three attempts was that a Democrat would not vote for it. Okay. Hopefully.” (03:19–03:25)

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