Clinton bluntly questions Congress on Libya

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is questioning the priorities of lawmakers criticizing the U.S. intervention in Libya.

She's asking bluntly, "Whose side are you on?"

Setting up a showdown on Libya, House Republicans agreed Wednesday to vote on dueling measures, one to give President Obama limited authority to continue U.S. involvement in the NATO-led operation against Muammar Qaddafi and the other to cut off funds for military hostilities.

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The measures reflect widespread dissatisfaction with Mr. Obama's decision not to seek congressional consent for the 3-month-old war.

The legislation cutting off funding for U.S. intervention would allow support missions such as aerial refueling so the U.S. doesn't leave NATO allies completely in the lurch, CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes reports. Legislation the House could vote on as early as Friday probably won't go anywhere in the Democrat-controlled Senate, but House Republicans feel they need to send this message anyway.

The GOP argues that the war costs money the U.S. doesn't have, and Republicans don't understand what the overriding national interest is in Libya, Cordes reports. Mostly what they're frustrated with is that Mr. Obama hasn't come to Capitol Hill to explain what the national interest is and that they weren't consulted before the mission began. This vote is the Republicans' way of showing their displeasure with that.

Clinton says Congress is free to raise objections but questions the priorities of the critics. She says the Obama administration and its partners are rightly siding with the Libyan people.

She spoke about Libya during a brief stop in Jamaica.