Bob Corker, left, with Robert Menendez, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 3, 2013. (Pete Marovich/Bloomberg)The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a resolution Wednesday that would give President Barack Obama the authority to bomb Syria within a 90 day period.
The committee passed the resolution 10-7 with 1 present.
Those who voted yes include Barbera Boxer (D-CA), Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chris Coons (D-DE), Dick Durbin (D-IL) , Tim Kaine (D-VA), Bob Corker (R-TN), Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and John McCain (R-AZ).
Those who voted no include Tom Udall (D-NM), Chris Murphy (D-CT) , James E. Risch (R-ID), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ron Johnson (R-WI), John Barrasso (R-WY) and Rand Paul (R-KY).
Edward Markey (D-MA) voted present.
The resolution, written by committee Chairman Menendez and ranking Republican member Corker, states that the administration must present a plan within 30 days of the resolution’s enactment, should it pass in Congress and, in turn, act within 90 days of that plan’s finalization.
The resolution will now go up for debate and a final vote on the Senate floor next week.
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