America Quote by Allen Boyd

I think it can be very important for the president to seek congressional approval for war , even though not constitutionally required to do…

— John Yoo

When the President decides to go to war, he no longer needs a declaration of war from congress.

— Robert Reich

The War Powers Act requires presidents to seek the consent of the American people, through their representatives, before sending our troops into war. It…

— Charles B. Rangel

after a generation or two of shedding the deliberate political encumbrances to war ... of dropping Congress from the equation altogether, of super-empowering the…

— Rachel Maddow

The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons: Kings had…

— Abraham Lincoln

Does he [the president] possess the power of making war? That power is exclusively vested in Congress. . . . It is the exclusive…

— William Paterson

When a country is at war we want Congressmen, regardless of party, to back up the government of the United States.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

No power but Congress can declare war; but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own authority may…

— Daniel Webster

Congress has created and funded a huge peacetime military that has substantial abilities to wage offensive operations, and it has not placed restrictions on…

— John Yoo

No power but Congress can declare war, but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own authority may…

— Daniel Webster

If members of Congress were to vote to allow a military action, they might then share the blame if the mission were to go…

— Tom Malinowski

The authority to declare war rests in Congress, not in an out-of-control president.

— Ted Cruz