The United States’ war with Iran is entering its third week, but Congress has yet to publicly test the Trump administration’s case for the conflict.
Republicans in Congress have so far side-stepped public debate over the war, even as Senate Democrats reach for every tool at their disposal to demand hearings with Trump administration officials. Increasingly frustrated, Democrats are threatening this week to force a series of votes on the war, hoping that the effort to gum up the Senate’s voting schedule will prod Republicans to action.
“We’ve had no oversight whatsoever over what the executive is doing as we’re spending a billion dollars a day, and we have failed to have any real substantive debate or discussion,” said Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.
Democrats are still playing politics but they don’t seem to realize the Republicans stopped playing a few years ago.
This is the correct take. Dems keep acting like the US is still a nation and they’re all ultimately playing for the same team. The US is not a nation. There are no common values with the “other side” to build on. This is the country being held hostage by an organized crime ring.