A GOP Congress Tries to Limit Its Republican President on Foreign Policy: Podcast

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A GOP Congress Tries to Limit Its Republican President on Foreign Policy: Podcast

CQ on Congress, Episode 114

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., is one of the more outspoken GOP lawmakers questioning President Donald Trump's foreign policy. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By John M. Donnelly, Patrick B. Pexton and Rachel Oswald

Posted August 3, 2018 at 4:46pm

Lawmakers seem to be finally feeling their checks-and-balances oats. Members of both the House and Senate, from both parties, have begun passing legislation that could curb the foreign policy impulses of this impulsive president.

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