Two top U.S. Senators on Tuesday introduced a bipartisan resolution to voice support for limited U.S. involvement in the military campaign in Libya.
Democratic Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Republican Senator John McCain, the leading Republican on the Armed Services Committee, introduced the resolution.
The measure would allow U.S. involvement in the NATO-led military operations in Libya within a limited period of time -- up to a year --and bar the administration from sending any ground troops to the country.
"I believe we will find a strong, bipartisan majority that is in favor of authorizing our current military operations in Libya and seeing
this mission through to success," McCain said during floor debate in the Senate.
The Obama administration is facing increasing congressional opposition against its Libya mission as lawmakers question the constitutionality
of the launching of the war without congressional authorization as well as the war's importance to American national security interests.
The House is expected to vote on several measures to limit funding for the Libya mission.