Congress Continues to Forgo Oversight Role

Time: “Nearly two months after the United States joined Israel in launching a war against Iran, Congress remains as formally disengaged as in the first days of the conflict, having yet to hold a single public hearing on the issue and facing a looming statutory deadline that may come and go without a clear assertion of its authority.”

“The absence of sustained oversight has left lawmakers grasping for basic details about the war’s trajectory even as its economic and political consequences ripple at home. Interviews with more than a dozen lawmakers in both parties reveal a vacuum of information and a lack of urgency from leadership to fill it. While Administration officials have hosted a handful of classified briefings about the war, many lawmakers complain they were woefully insufficient, leaving them with more questions than answers.”