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Kerry Says Paris Agreement Crafted To Avoid Congress
Washington Examiner ^
| December 13, 2015
| SARAH WESTWOOD
Posted on 12/13/2015 10:00:50 PM PST by Steelfish
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
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: epa; globalwarminghoax; hanoijohn; iran; israel; johnkerry; kerry; lebanon; lurch; massachusetts; popefrancis; pruneface; romancatholicism; secstate; tehranjohn; traitor; waronterror
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To: headstamp 2
"So it was just a billion dollar 2 week cocktail party?" Yes imo. Unfortunately, claiming victory where there is no victory is politically effective.
To: Steelfish
Who needs a congressional vote when you have Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnel? They are both Obamas Bitches!
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posted on
12/13/2015 10:35:18 PM PST
by
rwoodward
("god, guns and more ammo")
To: Steelfish
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.
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posted on
12/13/2015 10:38:13 PM PST
by
Calpublican
(This statement incites violence against radical Islamism)
To: Steelfish
When the left is in charge, the Constitution is dead.
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posted on
12/13/2015 10:38:50 PM PST
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: Chode
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!
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posted on
12/13/2015 10:38:50 PM PST
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Steelfish
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
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
When the left is in charge, the Constitution is dead.The Left is aided and abetted by a gutless opposition party.
To: headstamp 2
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posted on
12/13/2015 10:51:53 PM PST
by
GOP Poet
To: windsorknot
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posted on
12/13/2015 10:52:39 PM PST
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: faithhopecharity
>
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.
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posted on
12/13/2015 11:06:12 PM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: dayglored
Yes, or abuse of stimulants.
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posted on
12/13/2015 11:26:00 PM PST
by
dadgum
(Overjoyed to be the Pariah.)
To: faithhopecharity
[[he canât give any money away without congressional appropriation]]
The Iran deal is giving money away without approval I believe?
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posted on
12/13/2015 11:27:04 PM PST
by
Bob434
To: Steelfish
Crafted to violate the Constitution. Kerry may you rot in _____!
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posted on
12/13/2015 11:31:55 PM PST
by
Lopeover
(2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States)
To: Bob434
if so, someone needs to be IMPEACHED
but of course he’s been needing that for a long time
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posted on
12/13/2015 11:35:18 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
(Diff tween D's and R's is that the D's allow the poor to be corrupt, too. (O. Levant))
To: dayglored
LSD yes, maybe with a good dose of psilocybin tossed in
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posted on
12/13/2015 11:37:15 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
(Diff tween D's and R's is that the D's allow the poor to be corrupt, too. (O. Levant))
To: faithhopecharity
Donât fund it. Any of it.
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posted on
12/13/2015 11:56:08 PM PST
by
John Valentine
(Deep in the Heart of Texas)
To: Steelfish
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.
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posted on
12/14/2015 1:05:58 AM PST
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: Steelfish
It’s a dead letter, not binding on the American People or any future President...or Congress.
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posted on
12/14/2015 1:27:31 AM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
To: Steelfish
Wasn’t the deal with Iran rigged the same way?
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posted on
12/14/2015 1:47:06 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: JoSixChip
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.
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posted on
12/14/2015 1:51:58 AM PST
by
Norm Lenhart
(iT'S STILL TRUE AND IT WILL BE TR)
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