Congress has a packed schedule as it seeks to make its mark on the Obama administration’s strategy for dealing with the Islamic State (IS) before leaving town for the November midterm elections.
Lawmakers in both the House and Senate have declared their intention to pass some sort of war authorization allowing President Barack Obama to continue bombing IS in Iraq or start doing so in Syria. Time is quickly running out, however, with the House set to head out in two weeks until Nov. 12, if it can get a short-term spending bill done by then.