For the better part of the last two decades, Rep. Barbara Lee has been leading the charge to rein in presidential war powers.
Lee, the California Democrat and lone lawmaker to vote against the first post-9/11 authorization for the use of military force (AUMF), now has support from across the political spectrum, an amenable White House, and pure momentum on her side.
In other words, this could finally be the year that Congress reclaims its power to declare war and to green light U.S. military operations around the globe.