A history of the War Powers Resolution and what it means for the Iran war
This case of executive overreach by Nixon in Cambodia during the Vietnam War led to the passage of the War Powers Act on Nov. 7, 1973.
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This case of executive overreach by Nixon in Cambodia during the Vietnam War led to the passage of the War Powers Act on Nov. 7, 1973.
Congress passed the War Powers Resolution in 1973 to stop presidents from waging war without congressional approval; it has been ignored…Continue reading on Medium »
A decades-old law allows the president to wage war without congressional approval for 60 days, then limits his options for continuing. President Trump may seek to get around it.
Democrats have introduced numerous war powers resolutions in Congress, to no avail. They knew, or should have known, that these bills were performative and had no chance of passing...
April 15, 2026 | Source: DavidSwanson.org | by David Swanson According to The Hill, in an article typical of U.S. media, Trump’s war on Iran is totally legal for 60 days if Congre...
In what can only charitably be called testimony, Secretary of War Defense Pete Hegseth responded to a question by Senator Tim Kaine as to the administration’s plans for today. Toda...
The 60-day threshold is delineated in the War Powers Resolution of 1973. The most relevant part of that law makes no mention of a ceasefire.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asserted an ongoing ceasefire “pauses” the clock on the 60-day deadline to end hostilities in Iran or seek congressional approval.
U.S. officials say the Iran ceasefire ended hostilities and reset the War Powers clock, but legal experts say military operations complicate that.
Both Bushes and Reagan won authorisation for wars, but Obama and Clinton ducked the requirement.
The administration is wrong to claim that the 60-day time limit in the Act is "stops" due to the ongoing ceasefire.
The partisan battle over authorizing the Iran War has shifted to one of semantics, as the sides haggle over a contentious deadline created by a Vietnam-era law. On Friday, the conf...
Former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes took apart Trump's nonsensical argument that somehow the War Powers Resolution's 60-day deadline didn't apply to his illegal war...
JONESBORO — A pair of bills in Congress this week involving War Powers resolutions and Iran failed as the Trump administration continues a blockade of Iranian ports.
State of the Union: The Senate rejected a similar measure on Wednesday. The post War Powers Resolution Fails by One Vote in House appeared first on The American Conservative.
The White House argues that the U.S.-Iran cease-fire paused the clock.
Defence secretary claims hostilities have ceased, but lawmakers say US forces remain active despite halted air raids.
Trump told reporters that he had no plans nor need to seek congressional authorization for the Iran war.
By Patricia Zengerle and Bo EricksonWASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration argued that a ceasefire with Tehran had "terminated" hostilities as a...
Wall Street Journal: “The Trump administration is on course to blow past an initial deadline for congressional approval for the Iran war on the grounds that the ongoing cease-fire...
New York Times: “Democrats have tried and failed several times to invoke a provision of the 1973 War Powers Resolution, a law aimed at curbing a president’s ability to wage war wit...
Squabbles between Capitol Hill and the White House over war powers are nothing new, but recent Democrat-backed efforts to restrict President Donald Trump’s military authority have...
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