What does "formal" mean in this sentence?

Other than the constitutional power that you described in (a), identify and explain two other formal powers Congress has over war making?

Answer #1

Official. That is a power written down in law.

I mean, a Congressman could start a TV campaign for pacifism in order to oppose war. But that is not a formal power of Congress. There is no law that rules that every Congressman should be entitled a TV campaign to present his opinion in public.

So it means, you have to point out, by what law Congress can influence war.

Answer #2

It’s A Law.

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