It's Thursday, January 9th.

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The most complicated story today is about who has the power to send the US to war.

This is coming up after last week's US drone strike on Iranian general Qasim Soleimani

in Iraq.

Some members of Congress are worried that attack could put the US and Iran on the path to war.

Today, the House of Reps voted to tell President Trump you're not doing that without our approval.

Here's Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas.

This body must adhere this Congress to its duty to be able to ensure that the President

of the United States does not unilaterally take us into war with the Iran.

So today we're going to get into who in the US government really gets to decide when

the US goes to war and whether the latest crisis with Iran could change that.

Let's start by whipping out our pocket constitutions.

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