War Powers Resolution
Congressional Authority and the War in Yemen
In the post-Cold War world, Presidents have continued to commit U.S. Armed Forces into potential hostilities, sometimes without a specific authorization from Congress. Thus the War Powers Resolution (WPR) and its purposes continue to be a potential subject of controversy. Congressional Action in the 1990s. On June 7, 1995, the House defeated, by a vote of 217 to 201, an amendment to repeal the central features of the–WPR–that have been deemed unconstitutional by every President since the law’s enactment in 1973. In 1999, after the President committed U.S. military forces to action in Yugoslavia without congressional authorization, Representative Tom Campbell…
