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White House pushes for Iran filibuster
Politico ^ | August 27, 2015 | Edward-Isaac Dovere and Burgess Everett

Posted on 08/27/2015 8:49:00 AM PDT by C19fan

President Barack Obama’s almost certain to get the Iran nuclear deal — but whether he gets there by filibuster or sustained veto could make all the difference. A Democratic filibuster in the Senate would be a clear victory for the president, allowing Obama to say that for all the political noise there wasn’t enough actual opposition to the nuclear agreement with the Islamic republic to even get to a final vote.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; US: Arkansas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: arkansas; congressirandeal; filibuster; finalirandeal; iran; irandeal; israel; lebanon; nuclear; obama; tomcotton; veto; waronterror
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Corker fail. We won't even see the kabuki theater performance.
1 posted on 08/27/2015 8:49:00 AM PDT by C19fan
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What?? I thought the deal was that there would be an up-down vote.


2 posted on 08/27/2015 8:50:09 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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We know who are his true buddies.


3 posted on 08/27/2015 8:50:58 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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Any Republican Party which could engineer this outcome does not deserve to survive.

Go, Trump!


4 posted on 08/27/2015 8:51:06 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Genoa

I guess not. The GOPe made to look like fools again.


5 posted on 08/27/2015 8:51:09 AM PDT by C19fan
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GOPe never fails to disappoint.

I’m so over these sh**bags.


6 posted on 08/27/2015 8:51:52 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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Trump should say that this deal will be modified or null and void once he is in office. He has a phone and pen too.


7 posted on 08/27/2015 8:52:03 AM PDT by cp124 (Government is value subtracted.)
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The RNC, GOPe & Chamber of Commerce are eager to do business with Iran.

And they wonder what Trump's appeal is.

8 posted on 08/27/2015 8:52:08 AM PDT by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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9 posted on 08/27/2015 8:52:40 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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Actually, we are the ones who look like fools for electing them.


10 posted on 08/27/2015 8:53:32 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless)
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This is absolutely nutz.

I liken it to Churchill fighting Parliament for avoiding giving subsidies to Hitler to build more Buzz-Bombs to destroy London.

Americans are the dumbest people on the face of the earth, and the rest of the world should put us in the corner until we can think about what we are doing.

11 posted on 08/27/2015 8:54:25 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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I like the filibuster idea. Let it go on for months. Totally interrupt the business of Congress. Win the first Ted Cruz Disruption Award for Harry Reid.
12 posted on 08/27/2015 8:55:15 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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They only have to filibuster until the deadline to oppose, then it makes no difference. Without a vote, Congress approves thanks to Corker (Traitor-Tennessee) and the GOP-E


13 posted on 08/27/2015 8:57:37 AM PDT by Ingtar (Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
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To: InterceptPoint

Make them talk till they fall over. Sounds good to me.


14 posted on 08/27/2015 8:58:37 AM PDT by refermech
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What does the deadline to oppose mean? How is that set?


15 posted on 08/27/2015 8:59:22 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: refermech

See post 13 and 15.


16 posted on 08/27/2015 9:00:09 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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Corker’s bill basically says it is approved unless Congress opposes it before a set time passes. If it does not come up for a vote, the deal is approved. A thorough betrayal indeed.


17 posted on 08/27/2015 9:03:55 AM PDT by Ingtar (Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
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The GOPe made to look like fools again.

Yep, SOP anymore. Makes one wonder if it's on purpose.

18 posted on 08/27/2015 9:04:30 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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Someone please explain something to me (and I have long considered myself to have a grasp of the Constitution):

How can this Iran “deal” not fall under the auspices of a “treaty” under US Law and the Constitution, thus requiring the ratification of it by the Senate? There is nothing in US Law that I am aware of allowing the President to ink a deal of this nature and have it binding, unilaterally...

OH - wait - this is the Obama Administration - no rule of law, no Constitution need apply...


19 posted on 08/27/2015 9:07:42 AM PDT by TheBattman (Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
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“Epidemic mass hysteria.” — Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)


20 posted on 08/27/2015 9:10:09 AM PDT by onedoug
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