House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told lawmakers Friday to expect a vote authorizing the use of force in Syria "in the next two weeks" to kick off a busy fall agenda. "Understanding that there are differing opinions on both sides of the aisle, it is up to President Obama to make the case to Congress and to the American people that this is the right course of action," the Virginia Republican wrote in the internal GOP memo. "Members should expect a robust debate and vote on an authorization of use of military force pertaining to Syria in the next two weeks." While the memo — which covers the need to fund the government past Sept. 30, the debt limit, Syria, a nutrition bill, Obamacare and immigration, among other topics — is not an exhaustive or definitive list of topics to be addressed, it does give House Republicans, and the public, a sense of what to expect over the next two months. The short answer: a lot. Here's the long answer (full memo follows): (more…)
