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A single emergency power accounts for 37 of the 40 national emergencies active today: the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which underlies most U.S. economic sanctions regimes. Although it was originally enacted to constrain the president during peacetime, Congress today has almost no ability to check presidential uses (or abuses) of this extremely broad power. Moreover, sanctions programs and targets have ballooned since IEEPA’s enactment, harming both Americans’ constitutional rights and the well-being of civilians abroad. The Biden administration has pledged to rev...

>> that same issue. >> right. >> that at some point they get to build a nuke. we're just delaying the effort? >> that's not exactly right. >> no. but that's the perception. >> doesn't ever give them per in addition to build a nuclear weapon, but it has sunset provisions. it becomes less constraining over time. let me just try and simplify it. i strongly disagree with iran's ongoing ballistic missile program. its support for terrorism. its human rights record and so does virtually everyone in the congress. that's why the senate by a vote of 98-2 passed new sanctions powers to allow president tr...