Reply #134: House to vote on U.S. role in Libya mission [View All]

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Source: CBS News (blog)

June 22, 2011 10:32 AM
By Lucy Madison


House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, plans to hold a House vote this week on measures that would force a congressional consensus on the U.S. military operations in Libya - despite President Obama's recent report arguing that the mission was legal with or without congressional authorization.


House Republican leaders have drawn up a pair of resolutions that would provide two clear directives in regard to U.S. military force in Libya. One sponsored by Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fl.) would authorize the limited use of military force in support of the NATO mission in Libya, and is similar to a Senate bill proposed on Tuesday by John Kerry, D-Mass., and John McCain, R-Arizona.


The other resolution, however, would require a withdrawal from engagements there - excepting "forces engaged in non-hostile actions such as search & rescue, aerial re-fueling, operational planning, intelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance, and non-combat missions," according to Boehner.

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House Republicans are expected to discuss the resolutions on Wednesday, and the House could vote on them as early as Thursday.

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