Question

When President Nixon vetoed the War Powers Resolution 1973 he noted if the War Powers Resolution have been in operation America's an effective response to a variety of challenges in recent years would have been vastly complicated or even made it possible we may well have been unable to respond in the way we did during the Berlin crisis of 1961 the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 the Congo rescue operation in 1964 and the Jordan crisis of 1972 mention just a few examples how do the examples given by President Nixon support his decision to veto the War Powers Act

Answer 1

The War Powers Resolution was passed by both the House of Representatives and Senate but was vetoed by President Richard Nixon. By a two-thirds vote in each house, Congress overrode the veto and enacted the joint resolution into law on November 7, 1973.