SYRIA JOINT RESOLUTION FOR MARKUP JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the limited and tailored use of the United States Armed Forces against Syria. Whereas Syria is in material breach of the laws of war by having employed chemical weapons against its civilian population; Whereas the abuses of the regime of Bashar al-Assad have included the brutal...Learn More

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing Sept. 3 to debate the possible authorization of U.S. military action against the Syrian government , featuring testimony by Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. SENATOR ROBERT MENENDEZ (D-NJ): This...Learn More