Fight over Trump's Iran war powers comes after a long stretch of Congress yielding to presidents - AP News
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Fight over Trump's Iran war powers comes after a long stretch of Congress yielding to presidents - AP News

Source:Associated Press
Author:Bill Barrow

The House and Senate fight over war powers and Congress' role in Iran is just the latest wrangling in a constitutional tug of war. Through World War II, Congress declared war 11 times across five wars. But they haven’t done so since. Instead, Congress has use…