COUNTRIES: SYRIA, UNITED STATES: Uphill Battle for Obama: Where Congress Stands on Syria

[David P. Dillard]

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COUNTRIES: SYRIA, UNITED STATES:

Uphill Battle for Obama: Where Congress Stands on Syria

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Uphill Battle for Obama: Where Congress Stands on Syria

Susan Page and John Kelly

USA TODAY

7:16 p.m. EDT September 8, 2013

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/09/08/usa-today-
network-survey-of-congress-on-syria-as-obama-lobbies-for-support/2781739/

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A shorter URL for the above link:

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http://tinyurl.com/ou8aahl

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President Obama faces a daunting battle to win congressional authorization
for a military strike on Syria, a USA TODAY Network survey finds. But a
large number of undecideds may be open to persuasion.

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WASHINGTON President Obama faces a daunting and uphill battle to win
congressional authorization for a military strike on Syria, a USA TODAY
Network survey of senators and representatives finds.

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The comprehensive poll of Congress finds that only a small fraction of the
533 lawmakers 22 senators and 22 House members are willing to say they
will support the use of force in response to the reported use of chemical
weapons by the Syrian regime. Far more overall 19 senators and 130 House
members say they will oppose a resolution that would authorize military
strikes. There are two vacant seats in the House where lawmakers resigned
and have not yet been replaced.

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The largest group of lawmakers remains undecided, including a majority of
the Senate and the House. That could create an opportunity for the
president to persuade them in a string of six interviews with TV network
anchors Monday and a televised address to the nation Tuesday. The Senate
could vote as early as Wednesday.

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Congress isn't convinced. In the survey:

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Democrats haven't fallen in line behind the president, at least not yet.
Congressional Democrats are as likely to oppose the measure as support it,
although most say they are undecided. At the moment, 28 Democrats support
action; 28 oppose it.

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Republicans who have made a decision overwhelmingly oppose Obama, by
nearly 8-1. Sixteen Republicans support action; 121 oppose it.

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In a majority of states, not a single member of Congress has gone on
record endorsing the president's request for authorization of a military
strike. That includes a dozen states that Obama carried in both the 2008
and 2012 presidential elections: Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa,
Massachusetts, Maine, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont,
Washington and Wisconsin.

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The complete article may be read at the URL above.

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