Washington, March 5 -- Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick issued the following press release:
Any analysis regarding constitutional war powers jurisdiction, and the statutory War Powers Act of 1973, must center with three considerations:
1. the text of the resolution being offered
2. the applicable constitutional and statutory provisions it implicates
3. a clear discernment of the classified facts of the specific conflict in question, including the short and long-term plans and intentions of the Executive Branch.
In the case of H.Con.Res. 38, we need not proceed past step one.
The resolution is written so broadly that it would require the immediate termination of "all hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran or any part of its govern...