Will Congress reclaim its war-making powers?« Thread Started on Feb 4, 2007, 5:21am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------The American Debate | Will Congress reclaim its war-making powers?By Dick PolmanInquirer Political Analystread at source> http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news ... 5897.htmIt is only in the midst of a disastrous war that the members of Congress may finally summon the will to grow a spine.Ever since President Harry Truman bypassed Capitol Hill in 1950, instead seeking United Nations approval for a police action in Korea, the war-powers balance crafted by the Founding Fathers has been a fiction. Their guiding document decrees that, while the president commands the military, the Congress (which gets top billing, in Article I) is empowered to declare war, control the money, and "make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces." Yet the people's elected representatives have been ceding their prerogatives to the White House for more than half a century.