alt Hacker NewsRepublicans in congress support it. It is not about congress not having abstract spine.
It is about republican congressmen actively supporting all of this.
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russdill • last Friday at 8:43 PM
And bonus, they don't have to go on record voting for all the things they support but know are immensely unpopular.
Plot twist: The Dem leadership (Schumer, Jeffries, et al) also supports this.
That's why their main complaints have been procedural: "Why didn't you come to us first with your plans?". And why they slow-walked the vote on a war powers act.