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Congress has asserted its authority in foreign policy over the last dozen years. Is this phenomenon temporary or permanent? Good or bad? Workable or not? The thesis here is that active congressional participation is both desirable and unavoidable, and that the executive and Congress share responsibility for making it constructive rather than otherwise. To the degree that this joint effort fails, so does our democracy.

© Getty Images In a 1977 Foreign Affairs article by then-President of the Council on Foreign Relations, Bayless Manning, coined the word “ intermestic” to underscore the connection between foreign and domestic policy. Manning described a presidency weakened by Vietnam and Watergate and at the mercy of Congress. A book on that era, “ Foreign Policy by Congress” by Franck and Weisband, detailed the multitude of actions that thwarted executive intent.  Those were formative years for then-Senator Joe Biden ADVERTISEMENT However, he has also challenged Congress to legislate on the domest...

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