Benghazi was, during the Boner and Can'tor days, before the incident occured...
It was supposed to limit presidential power because congress supposedly was worried that they were being faded out by the president. I however don’t buy into all of this because presidents are still doing anything they want and without congressional declarations of war. Lies is all we’re fed and I for one am fed up with most of them.
War Powers Act defined and explained with examples. War Powers Act is federal law limiting the president's power to deploy armed forces for war.