Ted Cruz is right, the Senate needs to take back its power. But that requires more than wishful thinking

Speaking at the American Enterprise Institute on Wednesday morning, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, had plenty to say about how the Senate had abdicated its authority on foreign policy to the president. Cruz is right, and now it’s time for the Senate to do something about it — including when it comes to trade.

Cruz, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, started off waxing poetic about the power of the Senate. Quoting Henry Cabot Lodge, he told the audience: “War can be declared without the consent of the executive and peace can be made without the accent of the House, but neither war nor peace can be made without the assent of the Senate.”