Congress recessed rather than vote on authorizing the ISIS war

Evidence

Representative Justin Amash harshly criticized Congress for shirking its moral responsibility, declaring in a Twitter feed, “It’s irresponsible & immoral that instead of debating & voting on war, congressional leaders chose to recess Congress for nearly two months” (Walsh & Caldwell, 2014). After waging the air war for months, the administration asked Congress to authorize it formally. Because of the congressional political divide, the Senate was gridlocked on the requested authorization of the ongoing war against ISIS. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2471

Categorization

• XREF: Instantiates Bandura’s displacement of responsibility, with legislators avoiding direct accountability for war decisions.