President Barack Obama announced today that he will put the matter of U.S. military intervention in Syria before Congress. It is not clear what the President intends by this: if to consult Congress; to put the matter to a vote; if the latter, if the vote is to be binding, that is a congressional vote against whatever measure is presented would preclude military intervention in the manner that the British House of Commons vote precluded Prime Minister Cameron from acting militarily; or if the vote is to be non-binding. The President had stated previously that Syrian use of chemical weapons would cross a "red line" requiring military intervention and yesterday the administration stated publicly that limited air strikes were planned. Congress will not be in session until September 9. If the President sincerely means in this instance to withhold his power to act as commander-in-chief and under the War Powers Act by submitting to a binding congressional vote, then the President is supported here.