President Obama formally submitted a draft resolution authorizing the use of military force in Syria to both houses of Congress on Saturday. Accordingly, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., both pledged to schedule a vote on the resolution soon after lawmakers return from their recess on September 9.
What happens next, however, is anyone's guess.
Some lawmakers expressed optimism that Congress would pass the resolution.
Others, however, predicted that the resolution would fail, to the detriment of America's image in the world, saying President Obama simply hasn't explained why U.S. intervention in Syria is in America's interest, despite "high confidence" that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al Assad killed over 1,400 civilians in a chemical weapons attack.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57600911/lawmakers-warn-congressional-vote-on-whether-to-strike-syria-could-fail/
What happens next, however, is anyone's guess.
Some lawmakers expressed optimism that Congress would pass the resolution.
Others, however, predicted that the resolution would fail, to the detriment of America's image in the world, saying President Obama simply hasn't explained why U.S. intervention in Syria is in America's interest, despite "high confidence" that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al Assad killed over 1,400 civilians in a chemical weapons attack.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57600911/lawmakers-warn-congressional-vote-on-whether-to-strike-syria-could-fail/