Robert Menendez actually said...

"The President already has statutory authority to act against ISIL, but a clear and formal expression of this Congress' backing at this moment in time would dispel doubt."

"I think many of us are surprised that that authorization could be used today against ISIS in Syria."

"We simply cannot allow this collection of murderers and thugs to achieve, in their group, their ambition..."

"What it did not do, and what I think Democrats are not willing to do, is to give this or any other President an open-ended authorization for war, a blank check."