Posted on 09/09/2015 9:22:31 AM PDT by cotton1706
Faced with a potential mutiny on a procedural vote to bring up a disapproval resolution on the Iran nuclear agreement, House GOP leadership is considering delaying the anti-deal vote and taking up different legislation stating that the president has not held up his side of the bargain.
GOP leaders emerged from the Republican Conference’s weekly meeting Wednesday morning expressing some uncertainty about whether they should proceed with the anti-deal resolution.
“We had a very healthy conversation with our members this morning,” Speaker John A. Boehner told reporters. “Certainly some interest amongst the ideas offered by [Rep. Mike] Pompeo and [Rep. Peter] Roskam, and we’re going to continue to have those conversations this morning.”
What Roskam and Pompeo are proposing is a resolution that states President Barack Obama failed his obligation to disclose all information about the Iran deal. The resolution comes after reports of a “side deal” between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The House Freedom Caucus met late Tuesday night in the basement of Tortilla Coast to discuss a strategy in which Republicans would vote down their own leadership’s rule for the disapproval resolution. But first, they would pressure leaders during Wednesday morning’s conference meeting to delay the vote.
But it’s still unclear what Boehner will do.
If the House does not vote on the Iran nuclear deal, some Republicans see that as letting Democrats off the hook. Democrats may never have to go on-record about where they stand on a resolution that would divide their caucus.
At the same time, voting on the resolution simply brings the deal one step closer to affirmation. Even if the resolution is adopted, there are 41 Democrats in the Senate who support the deal and therefore look poised to filibuster the legislation.
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Ping.
Ping.
Once again the GOP, lead by a castrated Boehner, show they don’t have a spine and will cave into the Dems. And they wonder why they are losing ground to everyone. Gees...even the French show more guts than these bozos.
my eyeballs are bleeding.
100% alert ping : )
I think it’s just evidence of #uniparty. This is why Trump is so popular.
No, this is a political move by Boehner GOPevil to counteract Palin/Cruz/Trump in town today
BOEHNER IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN A BUSHBOT.
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Oh, by all means, Boehner, have some more meetings and conversations......that’s why you were elected. NOT!!!!!!
Boner wants to stay Majority Leader. To get Nancy Pelosie and the Dems to vote for him, he has to pull the Iran Disapproval Bill. That’s the deal - Screw the World, As Long As I, Boner Can Remain Majority Leader.
Just to be clear: Having the vote and losing is the uniparty plan.
Correct.
So fscking what? This political bullshit with "Oh, we don't want to look bad" is getting old. The alternative is to let this thing pass which is bad all around.
Suck it up morons and do what's right for the country, not what's perceived as appropriate for the party.
Make them filibuster, bring Congress to a screeching halt, shut down the government. C’mon, show some backbone!
This is about Trump/Palin/Cruz being in town today to protest.
The ooompah-loompah is gonna cry soon.
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