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Jim Risch: “The Founding Fathers were very wise when they put in the hands of the first branch of government the power to declare…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2014
The Founding Fathers were very wise when they put in the hands of the first branch of government the power to declare war.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch highlights the constitutional responsibility of Congress in declaring war.

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