Posted on 09/09/2015 6:57:09 AM PDT by Isara
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released a powerful video rejecting the Iran Nuclear Deal. The video reminds Americans of the dangerous reality that will occur if the president succeeds in implementing this deal. The first responsibility of Congress is to protect the national security of this country - to protect the lives and safety of men, women, and children across this country. This deal does not prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and allows more than $100 billion to flow to radical Islamic terrorists in Iran.
The video can be viewed in its entirety here.
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A bit inconvenient but didn’t Cruz ALREADY approve it by voting to give Obama pre-approval wherein only 34 senators are now needed to approve the deal? VERY HYPOCRITICAL for him to now complain at the results. Cruz is part of the problem here. I am waiting to hear an apology from him. Wonder if he will make one today?
Congress COULD have if Cruz, Corker, et al didn’t vote for the 34 vote threshhold and treated this disaster like a treaty that needed 2/3.
No way to put this genie back in the bottle.
Yeah, I’ve been wondering this all along. Why this rally after he jumped on board with the other Republicans to okay the Corker bill. Is he schizophrenic or something? I think it’s just a publicity stunt on his part to have this rally. And to only invite Trump - the only other candidate in the race - and not the others? Tells me he thinks he will get some media attention. Oh yeah, Sarah and Mark Levin too - I guess Jim Gilmore is going to speak - but, he’s a nobody.
April 24, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, have filed an amendment (#1152) to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, which would require affirmative Congressional approval of any Iranian nuclear deal before sanctions relief can occur.
"The Constitution makes clear that Congress must approve international agreements like the one President Obama is negotiating with Iran," said Sen. Cruz. "A nuclear Iran is the single greatest threat to our national security and also poses an unacceptably high risk to Israel. Reviewing this deal and deciding whether or not to consent to it may well be the most important function of this Congress. It is not something that should be rushed, and it is imperative that, at the very least, the President obtain majority support for his deal from both Houses of Congress before moving forward."
As currently written, the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 would first require Congress to pass a resolution of disapproval and then require Congress to muster votes from two-thirds of each chamber to override a Presidential veto. What's more, if Congress failed to act within a set timeframe, the deal would go into effect by default. This process gets the Constitution's allocation of authority precisely backwards.
The Cruz-Toomey amendment would remove these options and restore a more proper process for Congress to exercise its Constitutional power. It would require President Obama to persuade a majority of Senators and Representatives to approve his deal before it goes into effect.
Full text of the amendment can be viewed here.
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Ted Cruz: Why I voted YES for Corker Iran bill
May 7, 2015 - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released the following statement regarding votes on the Iran Nuclear Review Act:
“This bill was a missed opportunity. If Congress had acted to defend our constitutional authority – if Congress had adopted the Cruz-Toomey amendment – then we would be able to stop a bad Iran deal. Instead, the odds are now overwhelming that under these ground rules President Obama will negotiate, and Congress will acquiesce to, a terrible deal that allows Iran to acquire nuclear weapons and will endanger the lives of millions of Americans and our allies.
“I voted no on cloture because we should have insisted on amendments to put real teeth in this bill. Ultimately, I voted yes on final passage because it may delay, slightly, President Obama’s ability to lift the Iran sanctions and it ensures we will have a Congressional debate on the merits of the Iran deal. I will continue to lead the fight to prevent the Islamic Republic of Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and to protect the national security of America and our allies.”
I Have no clue what you’re talking about .. “Cruz already approving” .. something .. but you don’t know what .. and then you accuse him of being a hypocrite ..??
Maybe you better get your facts straight before you start lobbing accusations at people.
Yes, there is still a way to stop this .. Rush was explaining it yesterday.
Maybe if all the complainers would listen to the right people, they wouldn’t be so confused about the issue.
So?
Congress has no role to play here other than declaring war (or not) on Iran.
The Senate, on the other hand, must ratify this treaty or it does not exist.
Any Member of Congress or Senator who gives notice for a second to the antiConstitutional Corker-Cardin bill is an idiot. Congress cannot amend the Constitution by legislation.
Trump and 98 senate colleagues voted to allow just 34 now to approve the Iran deal. Surely you are aware of this? Yes, since Cruz gave this approval, isn’t it a bit late and disingenuous for him to complain? It is not like they just now found out that this would be a bad deal.
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Thanks Isara.
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