Senate Syria resolution would limit Obama to 90 days

[ProSense]

Senate Syria resolution would limit Obama to 90 days

Susan Davis

WASHINGTON--Members of the Senate Foreign Relations committee hammered out a deal on Tuesday evening that would set a 60-day deadline for military action in Syria, with one 30-day extension possible, according to a draft of the resolution.

The proposal, drafted by Sens. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. and Bob Corker, R-Tenn., would also bar the involvement of U.S. ground forces in Syria, according to the draft resolution. Menendez is the chairman of the foreign relations committee and Corker is the top Republican.

"Together we have pursued a course of action that gives the President the authority he needs to deploy force in response to the Assad regime's criminal use of chemical weapons against the Syrian people, while assuring that the authorization is narrow and focused, limited in time, and assures that the Armed Forces of the United States will not be deployed for combat operations in Syria," Menendez and Corker said in a joint statement.

The resolution could be voted on by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as early as Wednesday.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/09/03/senate-resolution-syria-strike/2760615/

[msanthrope]

1. They have the votes. nt

[davidn3600]

2. It's now just a fight who gets to vote no for political cover

It's all one big fucking puppet show.

[Earth_First]

3. Its coming.

:sigh:

[David__77]

4. Time to mobilize, focusing on congress (Republicans in particular)

The only thing that might stop it is the rule that a majority of Republicans must support it for Boehner to bring it to the floor.