Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee listen to testimony Tuesday from Obama administration officials on justifications for striking the Syrian government. Along with other restrictions, the committee agreed on a resolution that prohibits U.S. ground forces from being deployed in the country. Joshua Roberts/Reuters

The U.S. Senate Foreign relations committee agreed Tuesday on a draft resolution authorizing President Barack Obama to strike the Syrian government in order to stop it from using chemical weapons, but it also called for the U.S. to attempt to find a political solution to end the country's bloody civil war.

The resolution is just the latest in a series of wins for the Obama administration, which has been seeking approval from Congress to use military force as a punishment for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's alleged deployment of chemical weapons against Syrian citizens.

The compromise deal reached by Senator Robert Menendez, (D-N.J.) the Democratic chairman of the panel, and Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), its top Republican, authorizes a more narrow use of force than Obama was seeking.

The draft requires Obama to determine that all diplomatic means have been used to prevent the implementation of weapons of mass destruction in Syria. It sets a 60-day limit on U.S. military action in Syria, with a possibility of a single 30-day extension. It would require Obama to fully inform lawmakers of any planned military strikes and require the president to include Congress in formulating a negotiated political settlement to the conflict. It also includes a provision banning any use of U.S. ground forces in Syria.

"Together we have pursued a course of action that gives the president the authority he needs to deploy force in response to the Assad regime's criminal use of chemical weapons against the Syrian people, while assuring that the authorization is narrow and focused, limited in time, and assures that the Armed Forces of the United States will not be deployed for combat operations in Syria," Menendez said in a statement.

The draft resolution paves the way for a committee vote on Wednesday. If approved by the committee, that would lead to a full vote on military action by the Senate when lawmakers return from their month-long recess on Sept. 9.

The House of Representatives must also pass its own version of the military authorization and the two must be reconciled before they can be submitted for Obama's signature.