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Presidents' ordering military action without Congress' approval has become routine. Here's why.
Though Congress acted after the U.S. withdrew from Vietnam to restrain presidents in their use of military force, recent ...
‘Deeply reckless’: Oregon members of Congress decry Trump’s airstrikes against Iran
Lawmakers called called the action unconstitutional and warned that it could drag American forces into wider regional ...
Congress Members Split Over US Attack on Iran
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch, Republican of Idaho, said, “This war is Israel’s war, not our war, but ...
Congress can't use this law to 're-write' the Constitution, legal scholar argues
Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo weighs in on whether the War Powers Act is constitutional on 'Life, Liberty & Levin.' ...
Former Texas Rep. Blake Farenthold, who left Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, dies at 63
Farenthold was elected in 2010, upsetting long-serving Democratic Rep. Solomon Ortiz. Seven years later, Farenthold announced ...
CT congress member, 82, hints at another run. ‘I am who I am.’
Connecticut’s economy is made up of a number of larger defense contractors and the supply chain that works with them.
Members of Congress worry about lack of plan as political violence rises
Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Washington) in September explained his fear of how a narrowly divided Congress could inspire a perverse ...
Bipartisan group of lawmakers push Congress to vote on resolution to block possible US intervention in Iran
Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on lawmakers' response to U.S. airstrikes in Iran on 'America Reports.' ...