Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110323:03:22:00
The founders. they wanted to restrain what they called the dog of war, they didn't want it in the hands of an executive. th wted itn the handof re rrentivof the op e r wers act actually needs to be challenged because in it congress essentially provides a vehicle for seeding to the executive the ability to wage war. this is not an academic issue. it a president can take this country into a war straining greater the military, causing huge expenses that we don't know how we are going to pay for, didn't come to congress, this is a problem. >> congressman, the president believes he had to take acti...