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Examples of Congress Trying to Stop War Powers actions by the President.
A great place to research by country what Congress tried to do against each President is here at the US Dept. Of State site.
The examples below are in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). If you don't have it you can download it for free from Adobe here.
President Carter and the hostages in Iran.
President Reagan and El Salvador.
President Bush (Sr.) and Iraq.
President Bush (Sr) gets Congress' ok to push Iraq out of Kuwait.
President Clinton and Kosovo. A seperate legal battle here.
President Clinton and Yugoslavia.
President Bush (Jr) Congress Terrorist Resolution.
President Bush (Jr) Congress OKs Iraq invasion.
President Bush (Jr) Doe vs Bush - against Iraq invasion.