"225 Republicans allied with 70 Democrats to vote down a measure authorizing the operations in Libya. They did not vote to cut funding, however."
---http://edition.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/06/27/zelizer.war.powers/
I honestly have trouble wrapping my head around this. Have we truly sunk so low? Why isn't this issue being covered non-stop by all the press with giant headlines about a government in crisis.
I am really starting to think Congress only exists to spend money and make troublesome and ill conceived laws.