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That was a congressional joint resolution, so, no, he did not step over his authority.
He simply used the authority given to him by congress.
The fact that he used that authority stupidly is besides the point.
Actually no declaration of war was issued by Congress they gave Bush broad discretion to wage war on Terrorism. Even though Congress authorized this it's still not within the boundaries of Constitutional limits of Presidential powers.
I disagree.
The last declaration of war approved by Congress was World War II Anything after that was a Military engagements authorized by Congress
Declaration of war by the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Imperial Presidency and the War onTerror
Bush was given broad discretion of the presidental war powers to wage war on Terrorism
http://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/v28n2/cpr-28n2-1.pdf