“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.”
Only thing wrong with that is that the Corker bill ensured that the Iranian deal is now law. Why does Cruz say that he will get rid of it if he becomes president if it is not law?
The White House wrote the bill. Why would the White House author a bill that defeats its own agenda?
The vote was 99-1....
The one dissenting vote was my congress critter...Tom Cotton.
It was a done deal in every way possible...Perhaps cruz could have made a better call, maybe not, but with most senate votes, there are contingencies...
Since the vote was not even close, and cruz has not changed his positions on iran as his arguments indicate during debate of his amendment, the yes vote on passage meant nothing..IMO especially since every conservative in the senate voted for it, save for one who had previously staked out his position.