House GOP Considers New Limits on Libya

POLITICO reports:

House Republican leaders are considering new legislation that would limit President Barack Obama’s military options in Libya, with a vote possible before the July 4th holiday.

GOP leaders will review their options at a Tuesday meeting with the intention of presenting a plan to lawmakers on Wednesday and the House floor as early as this week.

One of the new options under review is a stand-alone Libya bill, but an amendment to the 2012 Defense appropriations bill, which comes to the floor later this week, is still under consideration.

The struggle over Libya is coming to a head now because Obama has informed Congress that he believes that the U.S. engagement does not rise to the level of needing congressional authorization under the 1973 War Powers Act, and because the House is set to debate next year’s Pentagon spending bill, a magnet for at least one Libya-defunding amendment.