Senate Approves Spending Bill and Syria Measure, Heads for Exits
In its last preelection move, Congress sent the president a bill to arm anti-ISIS forces.
By Michael Catalini and Sarah Mimms
Syrian rebels battling the Islamic State will get arms and training from the U.S.(Mahmoud Taha/AFP/Getty Images)
September 18, 2014
There was no banner reading "Mission Accomplished," but Congress completed its last preelection task Thursday as the Senate voted to send President Obama a stopgap spending bill coupled with an authorization to train Syrian rebels for combat against the Islamic State.
And then senators joined the House in leaving town so lawmakers could campaign for their seats ahead of the November election.
The Senate voted 78-22, with 10 Democrats and 12 Republicans voting against the package.
The continuing resolution, which was necessary because Congress failed to agree on any appropriations measures for fiscal 2015, keeps government running at its current $1.012 trillion annual funding level through Dec. 11. The legislation also sunsets the military authorization on the same date.
That legislation allows the White House to train rebels, who officials say will be "vetted," and amounts to a win for the administration, which dispatched Secretary of State John Kerry and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey to convince lawmakers that they should back the president's plan.
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