Posted on 09/17/2015 10:05:16 PM PDT by WilliamIII
U.S. Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked legislation meant to kill the Iran nuclear deal for a third time, securing perhaps the greatest foreign policy win of President Barack Obama's six years in office and clearing the way to implement the accord.
By a 56-42 vote, the Republican-majority Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance in the 100-member chamber.
Despite an intense and expensive lobbying effort against it, all but four of Obama's fellow Democrats backed the nuclear pact between the United States, five other world powers and Tehran announced in July.
With no more Senate votes this week, the result ensured Congress will not pass a resolution of disapproval that would have crippled the deal by eliminating Obama's ability to waive many sanctions.
(Excerpt) Read more at kelo.com ...
“Oh well. We tried. Back to work.”
The GOP
To paraphrase:
“Live by representative democracy, die by representative democracy!”
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“Mr. Franklin, what kind of government have you given us?” she asked. “A Republic, madam...” Franklin quickly answered, “if you can keep it.”
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” - John Adams
We have not kept the Republic, but have descended to an oligarchy, because we are no longer a “moral and religious people”. (in the context in which Mr. Adam’s spoke this, it meant a Christian nation, not Muslim, Bahai or Gaia worshipers)
Next stop will be tyranny, if we can only find a suitable Tyrant. Mmmmm, anyone know of a narcissistic office holder fond of Executive Orders?
mcconnell: “whew, these show votes, soooo stressful!”
corker: “yeah yurtle, we work so hard on all these! i think
we need a pay raise.”
mcconnell: “naw we’ll just pad our healthcare subsidy again.”
corker: “yeah. isn’t obamacare working out great.”
Why do we need a majority in the senate when the Dem minority can block anything? Why couldn’t we have blocked Obamacare on that sad Christmas Eve? I’m beginning to think these are the policies the GOPe really want. ...and we snicker at how the Democrats have the blacks bamboozled...we best look in the mirror at our “own” party. The people we voted for are betraying our values daily.
The GOPe, starting with Boehner and McConnell,
have made money off of RomneyCARE/ObamaCARE,
and off of their treason.
The GOP are scum. Liars. Traitors.
Going On Progressive.
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