Republicans would be willing to return to Congress and debate a broad measure authorizing the president to take military action in the Middle East, a GOP lawmaker said Tuesday.
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., told CNN it is “not out of the realm of reasonableness” for lawmakers to interrupt the 2014 campaign season to return to Capitol Hill and consider new legislation that would address not only the bombing of Syria and Iraq, but the potential for greater expansion of U.S. military force in the Middle East to combat Islamic terrorists.
Republicans, Meadows said, “are ready to come back and take a vote and have debate on what is the best move forward with regards to Syria and ISIS and the American people’s safety.”
Meadows, a first-term congressman, said it would be up to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to decide whether to call back the House.
“You know, really I think what we’re looking at right now is Speaker Boehner … working with the administration to make sure that we’re there,” Meadows said.
