Podcast: Use of Force vs. Use of Power – Roll Call

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Podcast: Use of Force vs. Use of Power

Roll Call Decoder, Episode 8

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., talks with reporters in the basement of the Capitol on March 20, 2018. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

By David Hawkings and John T. Bennett

Posted April 17, 2018 at 5:08pm

Senators on both sides are pushing to rewrite the law authorizing military force, untouched for 16 years. Even after airstrikes on Syria the debate is likely to fade fast, White House correspondent John Bennett explains, part of a complex modern war-making power dynamic that favors presidents over Congress.

Show Notes

Also Watch: Doing Nothing Is Doing Something: Trump, Congress and the Use of Force

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