That's it," said Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. The White House said the restrictions interfere with the executive branch's authority to decide when and where to prosecute prisoners. The bill, approved 277-147, must be reconciled with a version the Senate is expected to consider by month's end. But in a 17-page statement on the policy bill, the White House detailed its opposition to numerous provisions and said Obama would veto the legislation if it reached his desk. Obama is relying on that nearly 15-year-old authority to send U.S. troops into combat against ISIS.

Source: Fox News May 18, 2016 20:56 UTC