So there has been an attempt by Congress or a call for Congress to exert its power over, you know, the executive branch, which 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 this out of both the Senate and the House to vote for it and Democrats, … (03:11–03:19)
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Asserts that the executive branch cannot declare war without Congress.
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