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- War broke out in the Middle East with one of the US' closest allies, but Congress can't do a thing.
- Without a House speaker, very little additional aid can be approved to aid Israel or even Ukraine.
- A single senator is also holding up hundreds of military promotions, including in the Middle East.
The United States Congress is tragically failing when the world — not just the country — needs it to function most.
The Senate's top foreign policy leader stepped down amid a wave of felony allegations, and the upper chamber can't advance so much as a military promotion because of one senator's pique. The House is leaderless, in chaos, and whoever takes the mantle of Speaker will serve at the pleasure of the most extreme faction in the chamber.