In this Associated Press article, journalist Jim Adams reports on struggles within the United States Congress to draft legislation that would limit the authority of the president to send forces into battle for longer than a few months. With the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964, the House of Representatives and Senate had granted President Lyndon B. Johnson broad powers to conduct the Vietnam War (1955-1975). This article illustrates that nearly a decade later, in 1973, the Congress was struggling to take back some of the powers that it had granted to the president nine years earlier. Believing that President Richard Nixon would refuse to sign the bill into law with a veto, Adams reports on the Congress’ attempts to write a bill that would gain the number of Congressional votes necessary to override the veto.
Adams, Jim. “Showdown Looms On War Powers Issue.” Greenfield Recorder, October 4, 1973. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l06-053/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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