Why Isn’t Congress Debating Our Attack on Islamic State the Way the U.K. Parliament Is?
Oh right, because Congress pretty much does diddly squat these days. Watch Jon Stewart make a jaw-dropping discovery as to why our elected officials refuse to publicly discuss what the "Daily Show" host calls one of the most "crucial issues of our time."Oh right, because Congress pretty much does diddly squat these days. Watch Jon Stewart make a jaw-dropping discovery as to why our elected officials refuse to publicly discuss what the “Daily Show” host calls one of the most “crucial issues of our time.”
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