Thursday afternoon, the House was set to pass legislation that would authorize two more years of support for the Syrian rebels, as well as continuing to authorize sending troops to Iraq. The legislation hasn't drawn much controversy, and that has some anti-war members of the House frustrated. Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-TX) said he was pushing colleagues to vote against the bill and that he thought there would be a chance to stop it. "We have been sleepwalking into war now for decades," he said. "For four consecutive presidencies, we've been at war in some form or another in Iraq. And the fact that we're about to authorize -- without any discussion or debate -- a two-year commitment there that has no limits or scope is a really sad statement about where we are as a country."
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