Deferred war authorization lets both branches evade accountability for prolonged conflict

Evidence

In a lack of moral and congressional responsibility, Congress evaded taking a vote on whether or not the nation should go to war. House Speaker John Boehner shifted the responsibility to the president, claiming that he already had the authority to do so. … 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

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2471