Posted on 03/01/2015 4:59:11 PM PST by SeekAndFind
President Obama on Saturday threatened to veto a bipartisan bill that would allow Congress to weigh in on any nuclear deal the administration reached with Iran.
"The President has been clear that now is not the time for Congress to pass additional legislation on Iran," National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said in a statement to The Hill.
"If this bill is sent to the President, he will veto it. We are in the final weeks of an international negotiation. We should give our negotiators the best chance of success, rather than complicating their efforts," she added.
The threat comes after a handful of lawmakers introduced a measure requiring Obama to submit text of an agreement with Iran to Congress. It would also prohibit the White House from lifting Iranian sanctions for two months while Congress debated the deal.
“There are few national security priorities for our country more important than preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and any agreement that seeks to do this must include Congress having a say on the front end," Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), one of the bill's cosponsors, said in a statement.
Corker introduced the measure along with Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the committee ranking member; Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.); and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Friday.
It arrives just weeks before the administration is set to come to terms on a framework over Iran's nuclear program. Members of both parties have expressed concerns that the administration would concede too much to Iran ahead of the March 24 deadline.
In a statement, Corker called the veto threat "disappointing."
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Nah, Yertle the Turtle will just say, "Yessa Massir."
Veto them all Hussein Baracka!
no treaty, there will be a secret accord
Hoo boy. Wait till the Men Seeking Men media finds out about this.
You know how wee-wee'd up they get when anybody gets in the way of bi-partisanship.
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
Concerning lawless Obama’s threats to veto any bill, both Obama and probably corrupt Congress are possibly working in cahoots to exploit low-information voters who don’t understand the following. Congress has always had the constitutional authority, evidenced by the Constitution’s Clause 2 of Section 7 of Article I (1.7.2), to override presidential vetoes.
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I must also note that I don’t see the RINO-controlled Congress lifting a finger to override an Obama veto.
Hope Bibi goes ‘bombs away’ on his speech to Congress. Open the throttle wide good sir.
“”If this bill is sent to the President, he will veto it. We are in the final weeks of an international negotiation. We should give our negotiators the best chance of success, rather than complicating their efforts,” she added.”
If we could have a reasonable expectation that the negotiators were working in our best interest, we might back off. After all the Senate will have the last say. However nothing I’ve said in the last two sentences is true in this instance and under this administration.
Psssst, hey, Obola, the senate ratifies treaties, ipso-facto they will weigh in on any deal.
Proof that he is acting for Iran’s benefit, not ours.
I was wondering the same....he cant act all by himself on this...can he?
The Democrats got to know King Amabo is helping the republicans.
Any deal of this nature is SUPPOSED to be in an International Treaty that’s gotten 2/3 of the Senate’s approval — not some cockamamie piece of bipartisan crap called a “bill”.
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