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6 October
10:49 pm

Under the war Powers Act, the president as commander in chief has sixty days in which he can take action. After those sixty days, the conflict should not continue unless it is authorized by congress.

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Susan Collins, at Maine U.S. Senate General Election Debate 1 (WGME)

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Why we checked itThis is a specific legal claim about the War Powers Act's 60-day limit and congressional authorization requirement — verifiable against the actual text of the War Powers Resolution of 1973.
What we foundThe core claim is accurate — the War Powers Act does impose a 60-day limit on unauthorized military action requiring congressional authorization to continue — but the claim omits the statutory 30-day extension provision that can extend the total window to 90 days.
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