Posted on 08/28/2015 12:02:16 PM PDT by Dave346
U.S. sources close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have concluded that opponents of the Iran nuclear deal won’t secure enough votes in Congress to overturn it, Israeli news site nrg reported on Thursday.
According to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, referred to familiarly as the “Corker-Cardin Bill” (after its two drafters, Senators Bob Corker and Ben Cardin), Congress had 30 days to review any agreement signed between Iran and the P5+1 powers, and then vote on whether to approve it. That time frame was extended to 60 days when the international parties were unable to conclude a deal by the original July 1 deadline, and only reached the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on July 14.
If a majority of Congressmen in both the House of Representatives and the Senate vote against the JCPOA, President Obama could still exercise his veto power. In this event, a two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress — 67 Senators and the proportional equivalent of representatives from the House — would be required to override the veto.
The Republican party, which holds the majority in both houses of Congress, has closed ranks against the deal. But since they do not hold a two-thirds majority in either house, they need their Democrat counterparts to join them in opposing it.
A veto-proof majority would require 44 House Democrats and 13 Senate Democrats to oppose the deal.
However, while a number of prominent Democrats have signaled their opposition — including Senators Chuck Schumer and Bob Menendez, as well as reps Alcee Hastings, Juan Vargas, Eliot Engel and Brad Sherman — only 11 House Democrats and two Democratic Senators have come out in opposition. Furthermore, 29 of the 34 senators needed to keep a potential veto at bay have signaled their support for the deal, with Senator Debbie Stabenow from Michigan joining on Monday.
Because of these numbers, Netanyahu’s confidantes say that efforts must now be focused on convincing the American public to oppose the JCPOA, on which Congress is slated to vote on September 16.
A President Trump or President Cruz will rescind this deal on day 1.
A President Bush...I have my doubts.
+1
Corker to be exact.
BTTT!!!
It appears stupidity is running rampant in D.C.
With a hearty thanks to the Republican Senate, ALL except Senator Cotton of Arkansas, Obama’s path to allowing Iran to develop the atomic bomb with ICBMs is pretty much assured. This is the most mystifying vote in American history. Republican senators handed Obama the permission to arm a terrorist state with nuclear warheads and ICBMs. A terrorist state with the motto: “Death to American!!!” Music to Obama’s ears, no doubt. Has ANYBODY ever asked the Republican senators, especially Cruz and Rubio, where there heads were when they voted yes for that bill?
The Republicans set this up so the deal will be guaranteed to go through, and they can PRETEND to be against it. The truth is, they sold out completely. They are now as relevant as the Roman Senators when they found a new member of their “elite debating society” was a living breathing Donkey.
indeed you are correct
the first Iranian Islamonazi nuclear bomb that’s dropped on an American city should be named after Obama, obviously
and the second IslamoNazi nuke that takes out another USA city should be named after Corker
Any DEAL with SATAN (IRAN) is SUICIDE for America.
The senate gave the game away when they agreed to pretend that Obama’s treaty with Iran is not a treaty.
Thanks to Senator Bob Corker [R-TN] they have agreed to bypass the constitution and give Obama an easy road to approval of his Iran deal.
Under the Corker bill, if Congress votes the Iran deal down, the president can simply veto it and then Congress has to override his veto by a 2/3 majority.
Under the Constitution the President needs a 2/3 majority vote from the Senate to pass the Iran treaty but now, thanks to the Corker bill, Congress will need a 2/3 majority to stop the president from passing the Iran treaty.
It’s bass-ackwards dirty politics.
Obama doesn’t need democrats to kiss his arse when he has republicans lining up for the privilege.
Will this turkey play out as quickly as Chamberlain’s deal with Hitler before WWII? Remember Churchill tried to tell him! - We may soon know; but it feels like absolute madness.
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