War Powers Resolution. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973) (50 U.S.C. 1541â1548) is a federal law intended to check the president 's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.t has been alleged that the War Powers Resolution has been violated in the past â for example, by President Bill Clinton in 1999, during the bombing campaign in Kosovo.
August 7: Partial lunar eclipse. August 21: Total solar eclipse. Get ready for a total solar eclipse visible from continental U.S. in 2017. Itâll happen on Monday, August 21, 2017 â with the path of totality cross from coast to coast â the first total solar eclipse visible on U.S. soil in a generation.
Great American Eclipse | Total solar eclipse of Aug 21, 2017. On August 21, 2017, nature's grandest spectacle -- a total eclipse of the sun -- will slide over the United States from Oregon to South Carolina. This is your guide to understand, plan for, and view this amazing sight!