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TBT: Cruz, Toomey file amendment to give Congress more power over Obama’s Iran deal
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| April 24, 2015
| Ted Cruz
Posted on 07/14/2015 7:49:35 AM PDT by MN_Mike
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Don't blame the entire Republican Senate. Blame McConnell (who Trump supported in 2014)
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posted on
07/14/2015 7:49:35 AM PDT
by
MN_Mike
To: MN_Mike
I thought that only Congress could ratify treaties, not the President.
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posted on
07/14/2015 7:52:32 AM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(Political Correctness is Supression of Free Speech. Thank the Commies for Political Correctness.)
To: MN_Mike
Blame the whole Republican Party. McConnell and Boehner are still in leadership roles. In both chambers, enough people were elected as constitutional conservatives to stop that from happening.
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posted on
07/14/2015 7:53:09 AM PDT
by
grania
To: MN_Mike
Why did Cruz etc wait till after it was agreed upon to do this?
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posted on
07/14/2015 7:53:09 AM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: MN_Mike
The GOP has to have the balls to stand in the way of the political inertia of this disaster to begin with.
To: MN_Mike
It should have been recognized as a Treaty rather than a “deal”.
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posted on
07/14/2015 7:54:46 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(s)
To: MN_Mike
As the World Laughs!
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posted on
07/14/2015 7:55:52 AM PDT
by
TexasCajun
(Hillary: Ethically Sleazy & Politically Stupid)
To: MN_Mike
McConnell and Boehner will fight this. They have repeatedly colluded with the Democrats. They Have Given Us Zero Representation. They crossed over. They have been to the bathhouse with Obama and they’re not coming back.
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posted on
07/14/2015 7:57:47 AM PDT
by
Calpublican
(No Comprendo)
To: MN_Mike
A lot of Republicans supported McConnell. Hell, he won big. Many of us were fooled again.
What kills me is that McConnell, Boehner, and company are so openly in the bag with Obama at this point. It seems like it is fashionable to be a traitor amongst our Republican leaders.
To: BuffaloJack
I thought that only Congress could ratify treaties, not the President. Not with this dictator King. He crushed both the House and Senate and if they do not cooperate he will regulate using committees.
To: BuffaloJack
The Senate, but yeah.
I'll have to think about whether or not this is a treaty. I'm thinking things like ABM traty, non-proliferation treaty, NAFTA, etc, where there is some bilateral dealing.
Compared with the no-fly zone (around Iraq) and other activities that are a show of military force and will.
That said, the legislation to allow the president to act in a "persistent" way, on 35% approval in Congress, was really stupid.
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posted on
07/14/2015 8:03:40 AM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: BuffaloJack
Problem being that McConnell and his minions negated the treaty in favor of an executive agreement
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posted on
07/14/2015 8:04:15 AM PDT
by
MN_Mike
(Cruz 2016)
To: grania
Too broad a brush. Give credit where it is due. Toomey and Cruz tried to make an amendment to rectify the situation.
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posted on
07/14/2015 8:05:27 AM PDT
by
MN_Mike
(Cruz 2016)
To: PghBaldy
They didn’t.
The Corker deal was already accepted beforehand. Cruz voted against the initial Corker deal too.
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posted on
07/14/2015 8:06:23 AM PDT
by
MN_Mike
(Cruz 2016)
To: PghBaldy
They didn’t.
The Corker deal was already accepted beforehand. Cruz voted against the initial Corker deal too.
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posted on
07/14/2015 8:06:30 AM PDT
by
MN_Mike
(Cruz 2016)
To: BuffaloJack
Obama was going to unilaterally work the sanctions down as a trade deal with executive action if he was not given a compromise on how to push a treaty through the Senate. McConnell caved with conservatives opposing the legislative deal six months ago.
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posted on
07/14/2015 8:07:31 AM PDT
by
KC Burke
(Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam)
To: TexasCajun
Not the entire world. Certainly not grassroot conservatives, the Israelis and sunni middle east countries
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posted on
07/14/2015 8:07:35 AM PDT
by
MN_Mike
(Cruz 2016)
To: Cboldt
It is a executive agreement. McConnell and Corker nixed the treaty.
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posted on
07/14/2015 8:08:50 AM PDT
by
MN_Mike
(Cruz 2016)
To: pleasenotcalifornia
Just last April, in the dead of night , Corker ,McConnell ,Cornyn, Hatch and other RINO’s teamed with Obama Demorats to abrogate the Constitutional requirement of 2/3 Senate approval of all treaties. This is a treaty with Iran— pure and simple. Instead of the Constitutional mandate for a ratified treaty, these traitors to the Republican party and to the Constitution changed the constitutional formula to-— guess what? 1/3 ratification. !!!! You can't make this up!! After 60 days, the Senate votes. If the vote is against this total capitulation it goes to the Dictator for VETO!!! Then the Senate but over ride the VETO!! WITH 67 VOTES!!! UNCONSTITUTIONAL PER SE!! Give these bastard unmitigated hell by phone, fax email and personal office visit. How did this happen — but more to the issue WHY?
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posted on
07/14/2015 8:09:38 AM PDT
by
WENDLE
To: MN_Mike
BBC is celebrating the Deal and Praising Obama ,LOL the BBC Idiot from New Brunswick , Canada ,Lyse Doucet is all giggly
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posted on
07/14/2015 8:10:27 AM PDT
by
molson209
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