Senate Committee Passes Resolution Backing Obama On Libya

I hope this goes further than this committee. Hopefully this will allow them to start focusing on more important issues like jobs and the economy. Of course, only time will tell.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a resolution backing President Barack Obama on Libya, despite Republicans laying into an administration official hours earlier for engaging the U.S. in military action without Congressional approval.

The resolution, authored by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), authorizes the White House to proceed in Libya with limited American forces in a supporting role. Specifically, it bars the use of ground troops and expires in a year. It cleared the committee on a 14-5 vote; all five nays were Republicans.

The measure still has to pass the full Senate and comes just days after the House handily rejected a similar measure. But it delivers the White House a desperately needed show of support from Congress, where many lawmakers are somewhere between frustrated and outraged over Obama's decision to bypass their authorization on Libya.

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