Pelosi: Time for Boehner To Start War Debate in Congress

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called on Speaker John Boehner to initiate a debate in Congress over granting President Barack Obama a new authorization to use military force to defeat Islamic militants.

“Everybody in the country’s talking about it except for us,” Pelosi, a California Democrat, said during a breakfast with Bloomberg News reporters and editors in New York today.

This month, Congress in a rare bipartisan vote passed Obama’s plan to arm and train Syrian rebels. That will expire in December during a post-election session of Congress.

Boehner, an...