Posted on 05/04/2015 2:04:55 PM PDT by Dave346
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday accused Republicans of opposing the emerging Iran nuclear agreement not for policy reasons, but because they simply want to hurt Democrats, and President Barack Obama in particular.
“Before this compromise even came to the floor, certain Senate Republicans were determined to destroy it,” Reid said on the Senate floor. “A number of Senate Republicans are prioritizing presidential politics over national security. Others are simply trying to undermine President Obama.”
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a prominent GOP voice against the Iran deal, has said he wants to require it to force Iran to completely close down all of its nuclear facilities, something that isn’t currently required under the tentative deal announced in April. Cotton also wants it to include other provisions, such as language forcing Iran to end its hostility toward Israel, but U.S. officials have said the deal will only address nuclear issues.
Cotton and like-minded Republicans say these additions are needed to strengthen a deal that they now say lets Iran stay on a path toward a nuclear weapon, and lets it continue to sponsor terrorism. Cotton tried last week to force a vote on some of his ideas, which forced the Senate to delay its work on a bill giving Congress a chance to vote on a final agreement.
But Reid dismissed these arguments and said it all boils down to politics.
“The junior senator from Arkansas and other Republicans want to see any potential agreement with Iran crash and burn, even before we know what’s in the final agreement,” he said.
Reid said that even the offering of dozens of GOP amendments to that bill show that Republicans are trying to destroy the deal.
“The difference, as usual, is that Democrats want to be constructive, and Republicans continue to want to be destructive. Democrats want to pass this bipartisan bill right now, even as the junior senators from Arkansas, Florida and Texas and others work to ruin it,” he said, referring to Sens. Cotton, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
God I wish his brother had just finished the damn job.
I would have actually donated a fiver to his legal defense.
Is Iran making donations to some Nevada Foundation?
The only agreement I want with Iran is we agree to kick your arse whenever we need.
If it were only so.....The GOP is sans balls.
Maybe the GOP are trying top save Lives , You Old Fool
What deal Harry?! Iran clearly doesn’t think they agreed to anything.
Trying to destroy democrats and Obama???
Sure, lots of cakes have icing, so whats yer point there dipsh!t??? (Harry)
OMG! What a fool to be so concerned with his party’s petty politics over the millions of potential dead people which will be the result of a Nutbag Atomic Iran.
Trying to destroy democrats and Obama???
Sure, lots of cakes have icing, so whats yer point there dipsh!t??? (Harry)
well harry..... do things seem to only look half as good these days?
So...Harry is saying we need to sign it to find out what's in it? :)
Of course, I understand Democrats are emotional and not logical creatures.
No, that wasn't a whoopee cushion
This is the best Harry’s got.
When you can’t defend it, demonize the other side.
It’s very sad.
Our guys either are too stupid to know how to deal with this and the GOP-e/RINO leadership deliberately take it and use it as an excuse to do nothing “what can we do?”
“GOP trying to destroy Iran nuke deal to hurt Dems”
meanwhile, Harry,
Dems are trying to make sure Iranian IslamoNazis get nukes so that they can destroy America, their number one “Great Satan” target
it is your treason, Harry, that is the problem, not some possibly political GOPers
`So?
Reid is an idiot. The GOP Cotton is striving to perserve the country. Why is not harry doing the same as he took an oath to Protect the US Constitution and to defend the country for enemies both foreign and domestic!
for should be from. damn stomach/throat surgery 10 days ago, makes for missing some keys, changed the voice so cannot use dragon naturally speaking
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