Kerry Says Paris Agreement Crafted To Avoid Congress

Washington Examiner ^ | December 13, 2015 | SARAH WESTWOOD

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Kerry Says Paris Agreement Crafted To Avoid Congress

By SARAH WESTWOOD 12/13/15 10

Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday the climate agreement reached this week in Paris did not contain any enforcement provisions because Congress would not have approved them.

"It doesn't have mandatory targets for reduction and it doesn't have an enforcement, compliance mechanism," Kerry said during an interview on "Fox News Sunday."

Kerry said such mechanisms were not included because Congress would have refused to greenlight the deal.

Binding legal requirements would have made the Paris agreement a treaty, requiring approval from two-thirds of the Senate. Because no climate change measure could close to the high bar in the chamber, the Paris deal was written to avoid it

[Amendment10]

"So it was just a billion dollar 2 week cocktail party?"

Yes imo. Unfortunately, claiming victory where there is no victory is politically effective.

[rwoodward]

Who needs a congressional vote when you have Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnel? They are both Obamas Bitches!

[Calpublican]

A few days ago someone posted an article about the US not agreeing to the financial penalties proposed.

They could not agree because we cannot be forced to pay.

Photo op presidency. Obamacare is useless, as is ISIS “fight”, as is Iran Agreement, as is Paris Agreement, and vetting of “refugees” is a joke.

The only real thing is the deep shiite we are in.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

When the left is in charge, the Constitution is dead.

[Mastador1]

prolly get his arm outa joint patting himself on the back for that one

And boy is he bummed out! Being a civilian he can no longer give himself a Purple Heart!

[saywhatagain]

existence precedes essence. The religion of an existentialist.

A person without a core belief system in a position of power is a very dangerous person

[windsorknot]

When the left is in charge, the Constitution is dead.

The Left is aided and abetted by a gutless opposition party.

[GOP Poet]

exactly!!!

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

True.

[dayglored]

> another ObamaKerry hallucination.... must be the result of too many bongs?

Nah, weed, even hash oid doesn't bring on these kinds of things. For hallucinations of this caliber, they must be dropping acid in serious quantities.

[dadgum]

Yes, or abuse of stimulants.

[Bob434]

[[he can’t give any money away without congressional appropriation]]

The Iran deal is giving money away without approval I believe?

[Lopeover]

Crafted to violate the Constitution. Kerry may you rot in _____!

[faithhopecharity]

if so, someone needs to be IMPEACHED
but of course he’s been needing that for a long time

[faithhopecharity]

LSD yes, maybe with a good dose of psilocybin tossed in

[John Valentine]

Don’t fund it. Any of it.

[blackdog]

But the trip was nice. Hotels were sweet. Support staffers had pretty good shopping sprees. 70,000 pounds of jet fuel was nice. Many side deals were reached which feathered many nests.

Approval of congress was never really the point.

Meanwhile the world burns. That's our politicians of today.

[Mariner]

It’s a dead letter, not binding on the American People or any future President...or Congress.

[Moonman62]

Wasn’t the deal with Iran rigged the same way?

[Norm Lenhart]

Truth must really bother you. Probably should have considered that before you contributed to the problem huh? Get used to it. I won’t be stopping anytime soon.

And since there are still people here daily making excuses for surrendering their integrity, I will keep pointing out what their actions led to.