Congress literally applauds the need to declare war constitutionally. So why doesn't it vote that way?

I had the honor Tuesday of attending the Congressional Dialogue series at the Library of Congress, a dinner exclusively for members of Congress and limited guests.

Speaking to an audience of a couple of hundred, Emmy award-winning historian Michael Beschloss addressed the subject of “presidents of war,” which is also the title of a book he released last year. With interviewer David Rubenstein, Beschloss went through virtually the entire history of U.S. wars and how they were handled under various presidents, with a particular emphasis on the 20th and 21st centuries.