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"Under the War Powers Act of 1973, the administration must notify Congress within 48 hours of introducing troops into a conflict. Secretary of State Rubio did that," Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins said. "Now, the War Powers Act also says that presidents can only continue that conflict for 60 to... show more

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio Secretary Marco Rubio said he would “love” to comment on the War Powers Act before declaring it unconstitutional: “The War Powers Act is unconstitutional, 100%.” It’s worth noting that Thomas Massie Thomas Massie recently co-sponsored the War Powers Act with Ilhan Omar Ilhan Omar. Massie, Omar, and the elected Dems are completely lawless.

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A senior Trump administration official said the ceasefire with Iran ‘terminated’ hostilities as Trump faced a deadline to end the Iran war or make a case to Congress for extending it under the War Powers Act of 1973

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Sec. Rubio on war powers vote re: Iran: "Congress can vote on whatever they want, but there's no law that requires us to do that…No presidential administration has ever accepted the War Powers Act as constitutional."

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40,058 views • 7 months ago

We are six months into an ongoing conflict in Iran with no declaration of war. Past Presidents have been given just over 90 days to come to Congress to declare war or end it. We need to adhere to the War Powers Act, and we need to do it now. If the vote were brought to the floor today, we'd vote for it.

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We are six months into a war with Iran that Congress never declared. It's past time we adhered to the War Powers Act. It must be done. Now.

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🚨 BOMBSHELL: Secretary Rubio just stated that he believes the War Powers Act, which Democrats keep trying to invoke to stop President Trump's Iran operations, is UNCONSTITUTIONAL "The War Powers Act is unconstitutional, 100%. Now, this is not the position of me, not the position of the President of the United States now. This is the position of EVERY SINGLE president that has occupied this position since the day that law passed. It's completely unconstitutional. Now, we comply with it in terms of notification because we want to preserve good relations with Congress, right? And we do that, but even as a Senator, I would say that the War Powers Act is 100% unconstitutional."

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111,283 views • 5 months ago

SECRETARY RUBIO: The War Powers Act is 100% unconstitutional. This has been the position of every single presidential administration since this law passed. It’s an infringement on the president’s constitutional powers.

SECRETARY RUBIO: The War Powers Act is 100% unconstitutional. This has been the position of every single presidential administration since this law passed. It’s an infringement on the president’s constitutional powers.

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72,872 views • 5 months ago

He’s manhandling the media. Secretary Rubio makes a reporter look foolish after being asked why the administration didn’t notify Congress prior to the strikes on Iran. REPORTER: “Why not notify Congress ahead of this?” RUBIO: “We did.” “We notified Congress. We notified the gang of eight, we notified Congressional leadership.” “There’s no law that requires us to do that. The law says we have to notify them 48 hours after beginning hostilities, we’ve done that. I think the notification went today.” “But we did notify members of Congress in advance, but we can’t notify 535 members of Congress.” “Congress can vote on whatever they want, but there’s no law that requires us to do that.” “And I want to say something, because I see people on TV — looks like that’s fine if they want to take the War Powers vote, they can do that. They’ve done that a bunch of times.” “But people keep saying that we have some law — there is NO law that requires the president to have done anything with regards to this.” “To begin with, no president, presidential administration has ever accepted that the War Powers Act is constitutional, not Republican presidents or Democratic presidents.” Then Rubio landed the haymaker: “That said, we have followed the notification of 48 hours, we are here today — I have done more gang of eight briefings than I got in the four years that Biden and I were members of the gang of eight.” “All of that said, we have complied with the law 100% and we’re going to continue to comply with it.”

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19,107 views • 7 months ago

.Secretary Marco Rubio: "The War Powers Act is unconstitutional—100%. Now, this is not the position of me, not the position of President Donald J. Trump now, this is the position of every single president that has occupied this position since the day that law passed... We comply with it in terms of like notification because we want to preserve good relations with Congress... but even as a senator, I would say that the war powers act is 100% unconstitutional."

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204,981 views • 5 months ago

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45,079 views • 7 months ago

As the Senate failed to advance a war powers measure for the seventh time on Wednesday that would limit President Trump’s ability to use military force against Iran, Sen. Lindsey Graham called the War Powers Resolution “patently unconstitutional.” “The whole concept of a war powers act is dangerous, absurd, and will lead to just chaos,” Graham (R-SC) said. "You can't have Congress running wars," he added. "If you want to stop war, stop the funding.”

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28,592 views • 5 months ago

Facing a deadline under the War Powers Act, Pres. Trump said he doesn’t need Congressional approval for the Iran war because hostilities have been "terminated." The Strait of Hormuz remains closed, triggering a global energy crisis. @JonKarl reports.

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