SCOPE OF CONGRESS''S WAR POWERS

Who has the sole power to declare war
Five wars by Congress under their constitutional power to do so: the , the , the , , and . In a message to Congress on May 11, 1846, announced that the was about to become a state. After Mexico threatened to invade Texas, Polk amassed federal troops around Corpus Christi. When Texas became a state, federal troops moved into a. [pdf][FAQS about Who has the sole power to declare war]