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Mike Levin: “This is an authorization. It is not a prohibition. It is an authorization to the President to use force. It does not…”

On the recordOctober 10, 2002
This is an authorization. It is not a prohibition. It is an authorization to the President to use force. It does not preclude the President. It does not say the President may not use force. It says the President is authorized to use force. So there is no prohibition; there is no negative. The President has sought our authority. This resolution would give the President that authority.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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Discussing the authorization for the President to use force.

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