Sanders statement on Trump’s authority to go to war in Syria

News Release — Sen. Bernie SandersApril 11, 2018
Contact:Josh Miller-LewisOffice of Sen. Bernie SandersJosh_Miller-Lewis@sanders.senate.gov
Washington, D.C. – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Wednesday after President Donald Trump tweeted that he plans to strike the Assad regime in Syria:
“President Trump has no legal authority for broadening the war in Syria. It is Congress, not the president, who determines whether our country goes to war and Congres