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Chris Murphy: “Congress - not the President - decides questions of war, and we cannot exercise our warmaking power or our power to…”

On the recordOctober 22, 2026
Congress - not the President - decides questions of war, and we cannot exercise our warmaking power or our power to appropriate or withhold funds for war without seeing it firsthand.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing Congress's role in war decisions during his visit.

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