Doesn't use the Even though the title is War Powers Resolution, the statute says if you initiate hostilities without congressional authorization, even a single member of the House or Senate can force a vote. Or on the Senate floor, There is no doubt that the US sending this massive set of Tomahawk missiles and B2 bombers and bunker busters on three Iranian nuclear sites is hostilities. Now, again, some in the Senate may say this is great and we want to vote for it. (03:20–03:31)
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Asserts that the U.S. military action against Iranian nuclear sites constitutes hostilities.
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