Posted on 04/09/2022 4:58:21 PM PDT by EBH
House Democrats expressed concerns on Wednesday about a looming Iran nuclear deal as efforts by the Biden administration to revive the Obama-era agreement are underway.
In a statement and a press conference, 18 lawmakers raised everything from concerns about the negotiations to outright opposition to reviving the 2015 deal, formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, that exchanged sanctions relief for limits to Iran’s nuclear program.
“We understand that while the recent negotiations have not concluded, we feel that we can’t stay quiet about the unacceptable and deeply troubling turn that these results have reportedly taken,” Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) told reporters.
Former President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the agreement in 2018, arguing that it was not preventing Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons, after which Iran largely stopped complying with the deal.
President Biden committed on the campaign trail to reviving the deal, and Iran has been at the negotiating table with other world powers in Vienna over the past year to come to a new agreement.
But lawmakers have been skeptical about reviving the agreement, with senators on the left and the right raising concerns last month that the Biden administration wasn’t being completely transparent about the state of negotiations.
Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), who opposed the deal in 2015, said she was again concerned by public information becoming available about the negotiations.
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They don’t want this to be voted on because the Democrats would vote for it as a bloc - no dissents allowed. They know it and do not want to answer questions in the future about why they voted for it.
Correct. Democrat Jews do not want to be seen as back stabbing Israel.
Now I’m confused. I thought the Democrats wanted Iran to get nuclear weapons. It certainly appears that Brandon wants a nuclear war with Russia since he’s doing everything he can to start one.
Is there one Trump policy they have allowed to continue?
that exchanged sanctions relief for limits to Iran’s nuclear program.
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Mooselimbs lie. Always.
(after which Iran largely stopped complying with the deal)
😂🤣😆🙄🙄🙄
Like the mullahs were sincere. 🙄
Israel will never allow Iran to have a functioning Nuclear Weapon.
18 Democrats have the power to negate any deal Biden signs.
So sad that the democrats do not worry that their kids and grandkids might be melted by a nuclear Iran!
Kerry and the Biden cabal will ultimately negotiate a deal with Iran which they will never submit to Congress for approval. While in power they will simply implement the terms of the agreement. However if this misguided deal with the mad mullahs essentially allows Iran to develop tactical nuclear weapons, Israel, with its extensive, effective Mossad network within Iran, will “veto” the deal. Israel could not care less about John Kerry’s bizarre rants, but in the interest of self preservation and “never again”, it takes the mullah’s threats to annhilate Israel seriously and simply will not tolerate a nuclear armed Iran.
It is fascinating that they know it is a bad deal. Even their own alarm bells are ringing regarding the Biden regime.
How bed does it have to get for them to pull the plugs?
Indeed now they worry about the mid terms after all the damage they done.
Bonus round: They don’t get part of the take on the deal.
House Democrats sound alarm on potential Iran nuclear deal
No, only 18 House Democrats sound alarm on potential Iran nuclear deal.
Jordan Williams, yet another Shill at The Hill, spews a DNC talking point. Most or all of those 18 will ultimately vote in favor of whatever Brainless Joe wants.
[snip] “Leaving the agreement didn’t make anything better,” he said. He needled critics who bemoaned reports that the JCPOA renewal deal may not be as strong as the one that President Trump ripped up in 2018. “It’s going to be ‘less for less’ because we rejected ‘more for more,’” he argued.
He also took a swipe at JCPOA opponents, including his fellow Republicans on the Hill, who have criticized an agreement that has yet to emerge publicly from the tense talks in Vienna. ”If you are condemning an agreement before you even see it aren’t you simply condemning diplomacy?”
Clearly getting out of the deal allowed the Iranians to continue to enrich uranium, he said. Slapping on further “maximum pressure” sanctions and making Iran a pariah in the region didn’t work either, he said. “There is no evidence that sanctions on Iran did anything.” [/snip]
You know it’s awful when dems complain
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