Democratic Senator Bill Nelson is reportedly planning to introduce legislation authorizing airstrikes against Syria to ensure U.S. President Barack Obama's legal authority over the military mission.

Senator Nelson, who will meet with Congress next week, said he wants to ensure the U.S. President is not relying on Congress' decision to step up the military offensive.

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Senator Nelson also urged the United States to go after the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) immediately because he believes thje U.S. is the only country that can make alliances work together to stop the group's killings and cruelty.

Obama already acknowledged the threat that the militant group poses but revealed no further plans regarding attacks against the Islamic State militants. He said they will allow military troops on the ground but they still have to secure legislative approval.

For Nelson, Obama does not need the approval but wants to have it anyway to quell any doubts he might have.

Aside from Senator Nelson, another Republican representative, Frank Wolf, announced that he is also planning to pass a similar bill.

Sources reveal that in most situations, including military hostilities, both the White House and the Congress work together to make a plan work. They base their decisions on laws and powers from the Constitution.

A bill called the 1973 War Powers Resolution, which was created at the end of the Vietnam War, notes that the presidents must seek congressional approval on putting U.S. forces put into hostilities for more than two months.

Analysts have been weighing in on the possible strategies ever since the 2011 operation in Libya. They said that the ISIS issue is not that different from the Libya situation.

John Yoo, a major Justice Department official during George W. Bush's administration, said that there was a difference between declaring war and acknowledging hostilities.

Yoo said the U.S formally declared war five times only, however, authorizations given out by the Congress to use force have been used frequently. He also thinks Obama has both constitutional and statutory authority.

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