Annie Greyer
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I mean, I think that's why the war powers resolution, the votes last week and last night were such a big deal, because this question is front and center for both Democrats and Republicans, because this is no longer a debate.
partisan question, but this is about protecting the institution of Congress, the legislative branch.
And, you know, when it comes to the foreign intervention, more specifically, when I've been asking this question to Republicans of, aren't you concerned about Congress's role to play here?
They are pointing to a number of examples in recent history that show that sort of the degradation of Congress, specifically when it comes to war powers, has been happening for a long time.
I mean, if you go back to Obama and the bombing of Libya, when going into Pakistan to get Osama bin Laden, those were things that happened without congressional approval.
And so, yes, what's happening right now is putting a real spotlight on the issue.
But I think for people to really understand this, like we have to go way back.
This is something that Congress has sort of been ceding power bit by bit.
And it finds us in this potentially crisis that we're in now.
And I think the real question that I continue to ask in my reporting and I still don't find an answer to is, is there going to what is going to be the right line that gets people to actually say, OK, enough is enough?