A trio of U.S. senators has introduced legislation designed to curb presidential national security powers, reflecting a growing bipartisan movement to rein in an executive branch that has had carte blanche to wage war for decades.
Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced the National Security Powers Act on July 20, saying that the bill is necessary to realign presidential war-making authority with the Constitution.
