The national government declares war.
National.
make treaties
Declare war Issue money Conduct diplomacy
to declare war
Congress
In the United States government, Congress has the power to declare war on other nations.
Declaring war is a national decision rather than a state. Both will weigh in on the issue considerably but the federal government will have the ultimate say.
A declaration of war is issued by a national government which indicates that a state of war exists between that nation and another. The power to declare war is vested in the legislative branch of the U.S. government under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution..
The national government.
The power of the national government to declare war is an example of an expressed power. Another example is the power to levy taxes.
Expressed Power
State governments cannot declare war or issue their own money.
they decide the budgets
make treaties
Each state does not have the power to declare war. Only Congress can declare war.
power to declare war
The Legislative Branch of government can declare war, or more specifically, Congress.congress.
The state can't declare war, but the president can, and is the one who's suppose to. So that will be the Executive Branch.