This weekend on Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace asked me if Congress has forfeited its constitutional responsibility in declaring war. Simple answer: Absolutely. The president has said this is a war, this is going to last years, that is quintessentially something that is the power of Congress only to declare. And I think we are really abdicating our responsibility. Congress should take up an authorization news force, as you know, Chris, Ive introduced one that would be very narrow, but would, I think bring this fight within a Constitutional framework. I dont accept the administrations argument we can rely on 2001 AUMF, which applied to a different conflict, against a different enemy, at a different time. So I think its an abdication of Constitutional dimension.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:53:27 +0000
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