war power
noun
: the power to make war
specifically
: an extraordinary power exercised usually by the executive branch of a government in the prosecution of a war
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Democrats and a handful of Republicans in the House and Senate are pushing to consider war powers resolutions addressing Iran next week.
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Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026
Please call your reps in the house and the senate and urge them to take a vote on a war powers resolution!
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
The Congress must reconvene on Monday to vote on Thomas Massie's and my war powers resolution to stop this war.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
The congressional debate over war powers would mostly be symbolic.
—Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
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Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026
Please call your reps in the house and the senate and urge them to take a vote on a war powers resolution!
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
The Congress must reconvene on Monday to vote on Thomas Massie's and my war powers resolution to stop this war.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
The congressional debate over war powers would mostly be symbolic.
—Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
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“War power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20power. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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