Robert Menendez actually said...

"to support the President, this and any future one, to degrade and defeat ISIL, and at the same time not to provide the open-endedness..."

"But even without an Iraq or Afghanistan-sized commitment still can commit thousands of troops for a long period of time."

"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 believe that an AUMF against ISIL should better reflect the President's promise and the strategy he has laid out to the American people."