Mitch McConnell says the Senate will vote on a bill authorizing military action against ISIS in early 2015 . Meanwhile , Sens . Rand Paul , R-Kentucky , and Tim Kaine , D-Virginia , are pushing for a vote on a bill that would approve U.S. action . The incoming Senate majority leader says he wants President Barack Obama to have the authority for war . Obama will be in a ` ` much stronger position '' if the fight against IS with congressional support , he says .
Mitch McConnell says the Senate will vote on a bill authorizing military action against ISIS in early 2015 . The incoming Senate majority leader says he wants President Barack Obama to have the authority for war . Obama will be in a ` ` much stronger position '' if the fight against IS with congressional support , he says .