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US Senate blocks bid to add Israel, prisoner conditions to Iran deal (53-45)
Jerusalem Post ^ | 09/17/2015 18:46

Posted on 09/17/2015 8:52:23 AM PDT by Dave346

WASHINGTON - Democrats in the US Senate blocked a last-ditch effort by Republicans on Thursday to add new conditions before President Barack Obama can waive any sanctions under the Iran nuclear deal.

After Obama's fellow Democrats in the Senate twice blocked a disapproval resolution meant to kill the nuclear agreement, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced an amendment to the measure that would bar the president from lifting sanctions on Iran unless it recognized Israel's right to exist and released American prisoners.

The vote was 53-45, meaning the measure failed to attract the 60 votes it would need to advance.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; US: Kentucky; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bomb; iran; israel; kentucky; kimdavis; lebanon; mitchmcconnell; nuclear; nuclearoption; terror; war; waronterror
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To: freeangel

Dems are trained by the mob.

Reps are trained by country clubs.

It’s a big difference isn’t it?


21 posted on 09/17/2015 9:54:24 AM PDT by nascarnation (C. Edmund Wright says I'm a moron)
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To: Dave346

Frankly, the GOP shouldn’t even acknowledge the “deal” with a vote. They should be screaming that they have the entire deal yet as is required by the Corker bill.


22 posted on 09/17/2015 10:09:27 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (Dupes for Donald, Chumps for Trump)
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To: Dave346

How stupid is McConnell? He’s the one who required 60 votes! That assures a Democrat win. On everything!!


23 posted on 09/17/2015 10:31:12 AM PDT by jch10 (Hillary in the Big House, not the White House .)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Sure they are giving themselves cover but by doing so they are leaving the Dems to swing alone on this.

I am not a fan of McConnell or the crying drunk in the House. I believe them to be pitifully weak and useless. They care only about themselves and maintaining their position of power.

If McConnell had a pair he would invoke the nuclear option and vote the Iran agreement down, forcing obumbler to veto it.


24 posted on 09/17/2015 10:40:04 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: Dave346

McConnell could have stopped the clock on the deal since the side deals have not been given.

McConnell does not want to stop this agreement. He is playing around with perception—politics as usual for this old traitor.


25 posted on 09/17/2015 10:41:05 AM PDT by Calpublican (Boehner,McConnell,Corker,McCain,Alexander,Hatch,Graham+More=Corrupt)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

Yeah, he wanted to make sure that nothing conservative got through. Recent history seems to indicate that he’d be free to change it again If he were serious.


26 posted on 09/17/2015 10:49:42 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Lex rex)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The vote was 53-45...
IOW, this is going to come up again, and again, and again during the 2016 campaign -- and the Demagogic Party is going to make breathtaking backtracking into a potential Olympic sport.


27 posted on 09/17/2015 10:57:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: billyboy15

To which I ask, when have they taken any cover from Democrats or NOT GIVEN cover to democrats when it actually mattered?

Kabuki, or Bukkake theater. Depending on how generous one wishes to be in their assessment.


28 posted on 09/17/2015 11:02:54 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart ("The road is long...and I must poop." - Volarian Lionheart/Hero of the people)
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To: nascarnation

Republicans have been trained by the Democrats. The country club does not train them, they just go there to get drunk!


29 posted on 09/17/2015 2:32:11 PM PDT by hondact200 (Donald Trump is No Ronald Reagan. Conservative, Christian, and Gun Owner since 1982)
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To: Dave346

Mitch McDumbo is the laugh. Why even have republican leadership in the senate?


30 posted on 09/17/2015 3:29:19 PM PDT by Bobby_Taxpayer
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