0 113th Congress / 2014 Elections / 2016 Elections / Campaign Finance / Congress / Congressional Procedure & Rules / Foreign Policy / Hypocrisy / Military Intervention / Politics / President / Presidential powers / Syria / The Anythings They Say / War & Peace / War Powers September 8, 2013 by Michael Matheron · Published September 8, 2013 · Last modified September 10, 2013 Syrian Crisis : Johnny Come Lately, Congress Is The New Kid In Town. What Took Them So Long? Objective Accomplished? Why didn’t Congress reconvene as a body until September 9th? What were they afraid of?