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  • The bill, S. 4373, introduces a requirement for Congress to approve any national emergency declarations made by the President. It seeks to make national emergencies temporary, lasting only 30 days unless Congress passes a resolution to extend them. The bill also sets limits on the President's...

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    The bill says that if the President wants to declare a national emergency, Congress must agree for it to last more than 30 days, and they have to know what the President plans to do.