War Powers Resolution
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title:
War Powers Resolution
text:
The War Powers Resolution 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. The resolution was adopted in the form of a United States congressional joint resolution. It provides that the president can send the U.S. Armed Forces into action abroad only by declaration of war by Congress, "statutory authorization", or in case of "a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its t
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description:
1973 U.S. federal law (50 U.S.C. 1541-48)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution
date created:
2003-04-13T06:25:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T23:47:04Z
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