Posted on 04/05/2015 7:43:13 PM PDT by PROCON
Fallout from the Obama administration’s preliminary nuclear deal with Iran stretched from Capitol Hill to Jerusalem on Easter Sunday, with lawmakers vowing to push ahead with legislation that would give them, not the president, the final say on whether the agreement crosses the finish line.
At the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped up his all-out assault on the deal, saying the U.S.-led effort to lighten economic sanctions on Iran will allow Tehran to bolster its “terror machine” and wreak even more havoc across an already-unstable region.
White House officials, including Mr. Obama himself, have worked relentlessly over the past few days to push back against criticism and to dissuade Congress from pursuing legislation that would give the House and Senate the authority to essentially kill the deal. That effort continued Sunday, with Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz — a key figure, alongside Secretary of State John F. Kerry, in the U.S. negotiating team in Switzerland last week — stressing that the deal dramatically limits Iran’s ability to enrich uranium and otherwise move closer to building nuclear bombs. He denied that the U.S. and its international partners — Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany — gave up too much in negotiations and specifically countered the claim by Mr. Netanyahu and others that Iran’s nuclear program can continue to move forward.
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Obama wants to short-circuit American democracy because a questionable deal with Iran is more important to him than having to sell it to the elected representatives of the American people.
If its so good heck - it should easily sell itself.
> Is this the first instance ever of the American Congress siding with a foreign leader over the President of the United States?
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You mean enemy infiltrator posing as the POTUS
The Kenyan does not believe Congress is legitimate.
Its telling he trusts the unelected mullahs of Iran far more than he does the elected legislative branch of our federal government.
No, it is not, the first instance. Who are you urging, by ignorance?
He is probably a foreign born President, however. Very strange state of affairs that this Islamo bolshevik is our President.
I’m hoping that Netanyahu and our Congress over-ride this traitor-in-chief. You?
Obama should get the respect and trust that he deserves — none.
PM Netanyahu has the okay. Our supposed congress, as it stands- is a meek gathering of ghosts. No one else need apply. The other part is a supposed US/muslim pretender of power. Those days are short.The Judiciary is the standing bulwark against Freedom, world wide. Let us be rid of our licensed lice.
The GOP establishment will fold this One too. Spineless, gutless ball-less. Watch.
Why does congress have to vote on anything? All treaties must be ratified by the senate...no need to vote on that fact. If the senate doesn’t give it 67 votes, the treaty is not valid. Does the congress want extra authority? Someone explain.
Barky is going to tell Iran to hurry up and strike both countries just to shut them up.
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