09.01.2020 - 14:33 [ LA Times ]

With Iran, Congress will again be asked to exercise its war powers authority. Will it fail again?

With the expected House vote Thursday to limit President Trump’s military actions against Iran, Congress takes its latest stab at reaffirming its constitutional authority to declare war, part of a long-standing power struggle between the executive and legislative branches that has only grown murkier as the nature of global conflicts has changed.