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Gerry Connolly: “Franklin Delano Roosevelt still deferred to that Article 1 power before he engaged with Hitler.”

On the recordJuly 24, 2017
Franklin Delano Roosevelt still deferred to that Article 1 power before he engaged with Hitler.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Connolly cites FDR's respect for Congress's war declaration power.

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