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Obama’s One-Man Nuclear Deal
Wall Street Journal ^
| April 14, 2015
Posted on 04/14/2015 4:51:18 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Obama says he wants Congress to play a role in approving a nuclear deal with Iran, but his every action suggests the opposite. After months of resistance, the White House said Tuesday the President would finally sign a bill requiring a Senate vote on any deal—and why not since it still gives him nearly a free hand.
Modern Presidents have typically sought a Congressional majority vote, and usually a two-thirds majority, to ratify a major nuclear agreement. Mr. Obama has maneuvered to make Congress irrelevant.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: failure; iran; leadingfrombehind; obama
Pathetic!
To: Oldeconomybuyer
From wikipedia:
After the fall of the Roman Republic, the constitutional balance of power shifted from the Roman senate to the Roman emperor. Though retaining its legal position as under the republic, in practice, however, the actual authority of the imperial senate was negligible, as the emperor held the true power in the state. As such, membership in the senate became sought after by individuals seeking prestige and social standing, rather than actual authority.
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posted on
04/14/2015 4:54:52 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Victim" -- some people eagerly take on the label because of the many advantages that come with it.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
This “agreement” requires 2/3 of the Senate or it is void. The House has no authority here.
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posted on
04/14/2015 4:54:59 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
04/14/2015 4:55:21 PM PDT
by
jonrick46
(America's real drug problem: other people's money (the Commutist's opium addiction).)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
If it’s not a treaty and or if it’s not ratified by two-thirds of the senate, it’s not binding on the U.S. government. It’s just an agreement between private citizen Barack Obama and Iran.
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posted on
04/14/2015 4:58:33 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
In the old days, they used to hang horse thieves....
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posted on
04/14/2015 5:02:31 PM PDT
by
EagleUSA
(Liberalism removes the significance of everything.)
To: ClearCase_guy
Tradition says that Tiberius as often as he left the Senate used to exclaim in Greek, "How ready these men are to be slaves." Clearly, even he, with his dislike of public freedom, was disgusted at the abject abasement of his creatures.
Tacitus, The Annals.
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posted on
04/14/2015 5:04:20 PM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(Article V. If not now, when?)
To: Jim Robinson
“...It’s just an agreement between private citizen Barack Obama and Iran.”
Yes, and it is amazing that the media and more conservatives do not point this out IN CAPITALS!!!
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posted on
04/14/2015 5:05:29 PM PDT
by
EagleUSA
(Liberalism removes the significance of everything.)
To: ClearCase_guy
McConnell:
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posted on
04/14/2015 5:08:47 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
04/14/2015 5:11:18 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
[ Mr. Obama has maneuvered to make Congress irrelevant. ]
The senate and house republican leadership have pissed away their own authority too...
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posted on
04/14/2015 5:12:28 PM PDT
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
approving a nuclear deal
We could at least generate some revenue if we sell the aranians nukes.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: Oldeconomybuyer
What a despicable pair of fools! They are selling out their grand children!
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posted on
04/14/2015 5:25:16 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
To: sasquatch
I worked out a deal with President Obama
and all I got was this lousy BOMB!
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posted on
04/14/2015 5:31:14 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: The_Media_never_lie
Wait until Obama starts with a UN gun treaty. Full Mussolini.
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posted on
04/14/2015 5:31:41 PM PDT
by
gwgn02
To: Jim Robinson
" "What we're looking for is not to have Congress interfere with our ability, inappropriately, by stepping on the prerogatives of the executive department of the President."
A quote from John Kerry during his suck-n-swallow on Meet the Press.
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posted on
04/14/2015 5:47:01 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Sen Corker is a traitor and evil soul for allowing Iran sanctions to be lifted based on his scam deal.
This man needs to be recalled !
Can u recall a senator in TN?
TN is Sleazy state politically so I have no doubt some K street investor ordered this.
This same monster help ram thru the Russia treaty which was a disaster too.
!,
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posted on
04/14/2015 6:19:38 PM PDT
by
ncalburt
( Amnesty-media out in full force)
To: ncalburt
Can u recall a senator in TN? Elected federal officials cannot be recalled. There is no provision for such an action in the Constitution.
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posted on
04/14/2015 6:22:15 PM PDT
by
okie01
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