1. the war powers act
Two kinds of War Powers Legislation awaited final action in the Senate and the House in 1973. One would establish strict limits on the President's power to take the country into war without specific authorization by Congress, in pursuance of the power to declare war given to the Congress by the Constitution. ... Then too, as with the undeclared war in Vietnam, this was a bi-partisan phenomenon. ... One difficulty was foreseeing the contingencies under which war may arise. ... In the House there were more than a dozen bills to limit the President's war-making powers. ...
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