Sentence examples for congressional sanction from inspiring English sources

Only the President's Commission shares Stratton's Congressional sanction and broad scope, including transportation and energy issues.

Undeterred by the absence of congressional sanction for his actions suspending habeas corpus, Lincoln continued to use the tactic whenever he felt that military circumstances dictated.

If Mr. Trump declares that the situation along the southern border suddenly constitutes an emergency that justifies building a wall without explicit congressional sanction, he will run up against a reality: that the facts on the ground have not drastically shifted.

War Powers Act To prevent long involvement of American troops overseas without direct Congressional sanction, as happened in Vietnam, Congress in 1973 enacted a law requiring the President to obtain Congressional approval for commitment of forces for longer than 60 days and to consult with Congress about shorter engagements.

Quite the contrary: legitimizing presidential command requires explicit congressional sanction.

Providing explicit Congressional sanction for presidential action aimed at such purposes might win the support of both the humanitarian interventionists and perhaps even some military hawks.

Congressional sanctions can complement and strengthen these new executive sanctions.

Both the administration's and Congressional sanctions have been in the works for months.

The potential congressional sanctions, however, seem to have kicked Moscow into action.

So far he has refused to enact congressional sanctions over election-meddling.

Republican senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, two of Russia's fiercest critics, echoed Ryan but also called for tough Congressional sanctions.