 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Congress ine basa rinokosha mukuzvidzivirira kwenyika, kubatanidza simba roga rokuzivisa hondo, kusimudza nokuchengeta mauto, uye kuita mitemo nokuda kwemauto. Vamwe vatsoropodzi vanopomera kuti bazi rinodzora rakatorera Congress basa rinorondedzerwa mubumbiro remitemo rokuzivisa hondo. Nepo kare kare vatungamiri vakatanga hurongwa hwekuenda kuhondo, vakakumbira uye vakagamuchira zvirevo zvehondo zvepamutemo kubva kuCongress zveHondo ya1812, Hondo yeMexico-America, Hondo yeSpain-America, Hondo Yenyika I, uye Hondo Yenyika II, kunyangwe hazvo Mutungamiri Theodore Roosevelts mauto achienda kuPanama muna 1903 haana kuwana mvumo yeCongress. Mumazuva apakuvamba pashure pokupinda kweNorth Korea muna 1950, Mutungamiri Truman akarondedzera mhinduro yeAmerica sechiito chemapurisa. Mukuwirirana nemagazini yeTime muna 1970, vatungamiriri venyika veU.S. vakanga varayira mauto kupinda munzvimbo kana kuti chiito pasina ziviso yapamutemo yeCongress kanokwana 149. Muna 1993, Michael Kinsley akanyora kuti simba rehondo reCongress rave riri gadziriro yeBumbiro reMitemo inoshorwa zvakanyanya, uye kuti kuderera chaiko kwesimba rehondo reCongress kwakatanga pashure peHondo Yenyika II. Kusawirirana pamusoro pechiyero chesimba reCongress rinopesana nerepurezidhendi pamusoro pehondo kwave kuripo nguva nenguva munhau yose yorudzi. 