Robert Menendez actually said...

"This is the most critical vote that any Member of the Congress will take, which is basically a vote on war and peace and life and death."

"If we passed an ISIL-specific AUMF, would the administration have any objection to specifically saying that the ISIL AUMF supersedes any preceding authorization for the use of military force in this e..."

"Your unity would also send an unmistakable message to the leaders of Daesh. They have to understand they cannot divide us."

"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."