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On the recordDecember 12, 2017
If the President were going to actually take a use of force against North Korea... then it seems reasonably clear that under Article I that the Declare War Clause requires Congress to authorize that...
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley argues Congress should authorize military action against North Korea.

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