Two kinds of War Powers Legislation awaited final action in the Senate and the House in 1973. One would establish strict limits on the President's power to take the country into war without specific authorization by Congress, in pursuance of the power to declare war given to the Congress by the Constitution. The other, more importantly, allowed Congress to use Congressional power to prevent the Executive from taking us into a third Indo-Chinese war. Presidential war-making powers did not become a substantial threat to the Congressional power to declare war until the 21st century with...

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