Constitutional scholars agree: Congress has the power to shape war policy. Army Times has more. A panel of constitutional scholars said Tuesday that Congress clearly has the power, if it chooses to use it, to stop the war in Iraq. The difficulty in exercising the power is political, not constitutional, in getting a veto-proof majority in the House and Senate to agree on binding legislation to either cut off funding for combat operations or repeal the previously passed authorization to use force, the legal experts said in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. See this article for more on the technical details of how Congress could use the appropriations process to influence war policy.