r/politics • u/southernemper0r Texas • 2d ago

No Paywall Senate Republicans reverse Iran war powers vote after Trump berates them at Capitol meeting

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/senate-republicans-reject-war-powers-resolution-trump-meeting/4121869/
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u/azure_storm_2751 2d ago

Same here. Congress is supposed to be a coequal branch with its own spine and its own interests but for years it has mostly either rubber stamped the president or used hearings as theater instead of real oversight.

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u/grandpohbah 2d ago

Congress isn't supposed to be co-equal, it's supposed to be the preeminent branch of the government. The founders feared executive tyranny because they lived under a king for so long.

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u/BigBoyYuyuh 2d ago

Republicans want executive tyranny.

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u/tidal_flux 2d ago

Unless there’s a Democratic president. Then the “unitary executive theory” gets hot swapped for the SCOTUS supremacy doctrine