With Iran, Congress will again be asked to exercise its war powers authority. Will it fail again?
by Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times
Jan 09, 2020
4 minutes
WASHINGTON - With the expected House vote Thursday to limit President Donald Trump's military actions against Iran, Congress takes its latest stab at reaffirming its constitutional authority to declare war, part of a long-standing power struggle between the executive and legislative branches that has only grown murkier as the nature of global conflicts has changed.
But nearly 50 years after Congress passed the War Powers Act to prevent presidents from embarking on military actions without approval from the legislative branch, lawmakers have repeatedly failed to fully exert the powers they granted themselves to authorize or halt the use of military force.
And Thursday's
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