It's Been Nine Months. Do you know where your war is?

++The Senate is still trying to muck up the Iran nuclear deal but it hasn't even debated the Authorization of Military Force on the Senate floor yet. Tim Kaine,Virginia's Senator,asks whether the Senate really believes it can declare war or not. The test will be whether the Senate gets to it after the Iran bill or not. Kaine argues you can tailor the bill for the war against ISIS if you want but no one seems to know what they are doing or if they want to do anything at all.

++Meanwhile the Federal Appeals Court ruled that NSA Big Data surveillance is illegal. But Mitch McConnell is asking to renew the Patriot Act without any NSA reforms.