On Syria, Obama and Congress get down to business It's all hands on deck on Capitol Hill, as lawmakers finish filing in from summer recess to make a call about whether to OK a military strike in civil war-torn Syria, just over a week after President Obama requested congressional authorization for force amid mounting evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against his own people. Some members of Congress have been at it for a week; the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, having scrambled back to Washington upon the president's proclamation, narrowly approved a resolution authorizing the use of force in Syria. That legislation hangs in the balance of the Senate, where it could see a vote on final passage as early as Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has predicted the upper chamber will ultimately approve the resolution, despite fierce opposition among members of both parties. But in the House, though Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., have endorsed the proposed military action, the outcome of a vote is far more uncertain. A CBS News estimate reveals that while 191 members of the House remain undecided on whether to authorize military action, only 34 (24 Democrats, 10 Republicans) support or are leaning toward supporting authorization. Sixty-seven, including 53 Republicans, have said they're against authorization, and an additional 117, including 92 Republicans, are leaning toward voting no. With numbers like that, it's "an uphill slog" for the president - who met with several Senate Republicans Sunday night and, on Monday, will sit down for interviews with six network news anchors - to get Congress to back authorization, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said Sunday on "Face the Nation." Rogers said he backs a "very limited" strike in Syria amid mounting evidence that President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against his own people. But Mr. Obama's campaign for such a move - including his surprise announcement during August recess to seek congressional approval, a move typically reserved for boots-on-the-ground scenarios - has been "mystifying," he argued. Syria debate illustrates divide between White House, Congress