Congress Takes Critical Step Toward Reasserting Its War-Powers Control
The U.S. Senate took an important step last week toward reclaiming the war powers that Congress has abandoned in recent decades.
Measure Forces Congress To Examine Post-9/11 War Powers Role
A stunning move this week by a House panel to force a debate on new presidential war powers revealed mounting frustration that Congress has for too long dodged one of its most important responsibilities: to decide whether to send American fighting forces into harm's way.