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  2. War Powers Resolution - Wikipedia

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    The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) (50 U.S.C. ch. 33) is a federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.

  3. War Powers Act of 1941 - Wikipedia

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    The War Powers Act of 1941, also known as the First War Powers Act, was an American emergency law that increased federal power during World War II.The act was signed into law by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on December 18, 1941, less than two weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

  4. War Powers Clause - Wikipedia

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    Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution, sometimes referred to as the War Powers Clause, vests in the Congress the power to declare war, in the following wording: [The Congress shall have Power ...] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water ...

  5. House progressives point to war powers act in letter to Biden ...

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    The lawmakers point to the War Powers Resolution of 1973, a law which limits the president’s ability to direct U.S. forces without congressional approval. Only Congress can authorize sending ...

  6. Middle East conflicts revive clash between the president and ...

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    A major deadline under the half-century-old War Powers Resolution came this week for President Joe Biden to obtain Congress' approval to keep waging his military campaign against Yemen's Houthis ...

  7. War and the Constitution: What will Joe Biden do next? - AOL

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    The War Powers Resolution, which requires presidential notification to Congress of the use of American military force, is unconstitutional because it consists of Congress giving away one of its ...

  8. Declaration of war by the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1973, following the withdrawal of most American troops from the Vietnam War, a debate emerged about the extent of presidential power in deploying troops without a declaration of war. A compromise in the debate was reached with the War Powers Resolution. This act clearly defined how many soldiers could be deployed by the president of the ...

  9. War Powers Act - Wikipedia

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    Several acts passed by the United States Congress are known as the War Powers Act: the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917; the War Powers Act of 1941; the War Powers Clause; the War Powers Resolution of 1973