WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ongoing hostilities in the Middle East raised tensions in the nation's capital as well, with frustrated legislators who fail to meet their responsibilities on a daily basis reminded everyone that launching military actions was their responsibility.
Lawmakers had given pushback against President Donald Trump over the last two weeks as he raised the temperature of his rhetoric regarding Israel and Iran, telling the president and anyone else who would listen that officially starting wars was their job, even though they don't do their job.
"Declaring war is our job!" said one congressman. "We haven't really been holding anyone to that for the last half-century or more, but still, it's our job. Along with protecting the border, keeping the economy in good shape, and bringing federal spending under control. But we don't really do any of that either, we kinda just talk about it a lot. In front of cameras, preferably."
Other members of Congress were just as adamant that declaring war fell under the umbrella of things Congress is responsible for doing, but never does. "It's important to understand who has the power to declare war," said another congressman. "Under the War Powers Resolution, it is made crystal clear that part of the job we have that we don't do is declaring war against foreign entities. So, if the president wants war declared, he can just add it to the things he asks us to do that we don't do."
At publishing time, Congress vowed to draft a strongly worded letter warning President Trump that they may hold hearings filled with stern soundbites if he continued to overstep his bounds.
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