How will Congress pay for ISIS offensive?

A key senator says that Congress must debate costs of the U.S. offensive in Iraq and Syria when lawmakers return to the nation’s capital in November.

“We ought to have the questions about cost up front,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who pressed the White House for congressional authorization before launching airstrikes on militants in the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, told an audience at the Center for American Progress earlier this week.

{mosads}The Hill spoke with Democratic Reps. Brad Sherman (Calif.), Gregory Meeks (N.Y.) and Republican Rep. Morgan Griffith (Va.) for their perspectives on paying for the offensive against ISIS.

They differ over whether the White House will need additional money to pay for President Obama’s mission to degrade and defeat ISIS.