Corker says panel likely won't take up war authorization before 2018

The Hill: Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday he does not expect his panel to take up a new war authorization before the end of the year, as he has previously said.

Corker said, however, that senators are making progress on a potential measure, including circulating five organizing principles about the war authorization for input from other lawmakers.

“We’ve got five principles that we’re circulating, and I’ve met with all the Republican members [of the committee], I’ve met with three of my Democratic counterparts and they’re socializing it with others,” Corker said.

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