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White House Issues Saturday Night Iran Deal Warning To Senate
huffingtonpost.com ^ | 3/14/15

Posted on 03/15/2015 8:06:54 AM PDT by cotton1706

WASHINGTON -- In an effort to reassert control over the domestic political debate surrounding sensitive negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, the White House penned a letter Saturday night warning senators to hold back on legislation that would detract from the president’s ability to affect and approve a final agreement with Iran.

The letter, written by White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), reiterates a veto threat of the bill, while insisting that Congress will have a say in reviewing and affecting the ultimate outcome. But in far more detailed and foreboding terms than normal, McDonough lays out the administration's concerns should Corker's Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 end up becoming law.

The bill, he writes, would "likely have a profoundly negative impact on the ongoing negotiations -- emboldening Iranian hard-liners, inviting a counter-productive response from the Iranian majiles; differentiating the U.S. position from our allies in negotiations; and once again calling into question our ability to negotiate this deal."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: corker; denismcdonough; inara; irandeal; letter; mcdonough; nucleariran; obamairan; westpointspeech
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Obama doesn't like anybody getting in the way of what he deems to be HIS purview! Least of all the people, through their representatives, assembled.
1 posted on 03/15/2015 8:06:54 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

The Emperor is always right and his rule should never be questioned. He is the supreme authority.


2 posted on 03/15/2015 8:08:57 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: cotton1706
I;m thinking of the Moe Green scene in "The Godfather".

Michael Corleone says very quietly: "You straightened my brother out?"

Who the heck is the president to "warn" the senate??? That's not his place. At all.

3 posted on 03/15/2015 8:11:17 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The dog days are over /The dog days are done/Can you hear the horses? /'Cause here they come)
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To: cotton1706

If I were majority leader in the Senate, I’d reply back to him with a personal letter that says, “I’ll do whatever I damned well want to as majority leader of the United States Senate; you seem to be doing damned well whatever you want as a lame duck President.”


4 posted on 03/15/2015 8:12:56 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer
Republicans to Obama:

WE WON.

(Now if they only had the balls to actually say it and follow up on it!)

5 posted on 03/15/2015 8:16:34 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: usconservative

The first mistake with him was to treat him as a legitimate President that had cause to be there.


6 posted on 03/15/2015 8:18:14 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: cotton1706

Yeh I’m sure Corker is shaking in his boots. LOL!


7 posted on 03/15/2015 8:23:49 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

What else zero was doing last night:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama took aim at his Republican opponents and his gaffe-prone vice president on Saturday in a satirical speech that included a roast of his former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her recent problems with email.

Obama joined Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker,

Obama jokes about Clinton email, knocks Republicans at dinner

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3268032/posts?page=13


8 posted on 03/15/2015 8:25:46 AM PDT by txhurl
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Dinner, golfing, fundraising, campaigning ....no wonder this prez had no time to sign a CBA.


9 posted on 03/15/2015 8:29:02 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: cotton1706

Obama doesn’t realize he lost his moral authority when he went outside the rule of law with so many executive mandates, any trust is gone


10 posted on 03/15/2015 8:32:04 AM PDT by dila813
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To: cotton1706

“and once again calling into question our ability to negotiate this deal.”

He says that as if it were something bad.


11 posted on 03/15/2015 8:33:39 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: cotton1706

That’s what happens when you put a street punk in the Whitehouse.


12 posted on 03/15/2015 8:36:02 AM PDT by CMailBag
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To: Starboard

As James Carville was wont to say, “This means WaaaaR!”


13 posted on 03/15/2015 8:47:44 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Starboard

If Obama tries to use the UN security counsel to pass the “agreement” with Iran, congress should refund the UN as a response.


14 posted on 03/15/2015 8:50:23 AM PDT by Maceman
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To: Don Corleone

Getting ever closer to a real constitutional crisis. I think Obama’s time is growing short and he is going for all the marbles.


15 posted on 03/15/2015 9:06:34 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: cotton1706

Whaaaa! If the boy king doesn’t get his way, he’s going to stomp his feet and hold his breath.


16 posted on 03/15/2015 9:34:01 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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“[The bill would] likely have a profoundly negative impact on the ongoing negotiations”

Well, yeah, that’s the point. We’re trying to stop the Obama from negotiating in favor of the empowerment of our avowed enemies.


17 posted on 03/15/2015 9:35:58 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Who the heck is the president to “warn” the senate??? That’s not his place. At all. “

“President Timber Rattler Obola has “warned” just about everyone in the government over the past 6 year.


18 posted on 03/15/2015 9:47:57 AM PDT by vette6387
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The people should “warn” the Clown Prince...arrest, convict and imprison him.


19 posted on 03/15/2015 10:30:11 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: cotton1706

What part of ADVISE and consent does he not understand. Constitutional professor my ass.


20 posted on 03/15/2015 1:17:37 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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