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By WILLIAM R. HAWKINS
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For over a decade, Congress has been expanding its role in the conduct of foreign policy. In 1973, Congress passed the War Powers Act to limit the President’s role as commander-in-chief by directly involving Congress in the decision to commit troops to action. In 1974, Congress banned the use of federal fluids to support military operations in Southeast Asia.
Both of these moves were unprecedented and scholars have debated their constitutionality. However, in the absence of court ruling, Congress has continued to use them as precedents. Aid to rebels in Angola and Nicaragua, sanctions against South Africa, arms control proposals, the use of troops in Grenada and Lebanon, and oversight of intelligence operations are all issues showing a new Congressional activism. Congressmen increasingly use “fact finding” trips to conduct their own personal diplomacy. Prolonged investigations of the Iranian-Contra arms deal will in all likelihood be used to justify new measures shifting more authority from the executive to the legislative branch.
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