WASHINGTON, July 8 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Secretaries of State Warren Christopher and James Baker announced a bipartisan plan Tuesday to revise the War Powers Resolution of 1973.
Writing in the New York Times, Christopher and Baker called the 1973 resolution "ineffective at best and unconstitutional at worst." They said that presidents have simply ignored the resolution, which was intended to limit their power to send U.S. troops into battle without consulting Congress.