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Joe Courtney: “The power to declare war, including the power of judging the causes of war, is fully and exclusively vested in the…”

On the recordNovember 30, 2015
The power to declare war, including the power of judging the causes of war, is fully and exclusively vested in the legislature, not the executive branch, but the legislature.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney emphasizes Congress's constitutional role in declaring war.

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