Obama Caves to Senate on Iran Deal

[Obiwan]

White House Would Accept Senate Compromise on Iran Nuclear Deal - NBC News

The White House signaled Tuesday that it would grudgingly acquiesce to lawmakers' demands to have a say in a nuclear deal with Iran — after Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved a measure that would force President Barack Obama to submit any agreement to Congress.

The committee voted 19-0 for a bill that would give Congress at least a month to review the details of an agreement. During the review, Obama would be prohibited from waiving congressionally imposed sanctions on Iran — which the administration says would be needed to get Iran to sign a deal.

The measure now goes to the Senate floor, where the Republican leadership expects it to pass, congressional aides told NBC News. Obama could still veto it, but supporters said they believe they have the votes to override.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

They will accept? LMAO! They have no choice.

 

[HenryBHough]

Seems like Obama won't just be dropping his pants to take it from terrorists anymore. He'll also be getting a good ass-whoppin'!

Would be interesting to see video of how those combine......

 

[Antares]

Poor King Hussein.....how sad that he actually must submit to the Constitution

 

[TemplarKormac]

As far as the Iranian nuclear deal is concerned, Obama has lost the war and his own party has abandoned him. There are states rebelling and imposing their own sanctions. Iran Congress has had enough of being ignored and circumvented, and today the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 19-0 (yes, let me spell it out, nineteen to zero) to move a bill to the Senate that would force Obama to allow Congress to have a 30 day review period on the substance of any proposed Nuclear deal with Iran. Obama before the Senate Panel vote and seeing that both houses were on the cusp of attaining enough votes to override his veto, relented and agreed to sign the bill given two concessions: Obama still has the right to veto any legislation attempting to scuttle a deal with Iran if it takes shape before June 30, and instead of a 60 day review as stated in the original bill, the review period reduced to 30.

Congress is capable of acting in a bipartisan manner. For once in my adult life, I am proud of our elected officials. Obama has to be humiliated, as his foreign policy credentials take another serious if not fatal blow.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved legislation that would allow Congress to have a say on a possible U.S. nuclear negotiation with Iran. The legislation next will go to the full Senate for a vote.

There was a strong bi-partisan effort for an increased congressional role as the June 30 deadline approaches for international negotiators to turn the framework of a nuclear deal into the real thing.

Although there were indications that a compromise could be reached, Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., told Fox News before the vote, “Around here, I don’t think anyone should count their chickens before they've hatched.”

President Obama, bowing to political pressure, agreed to sign legislation giving Congress the right to reject any nuclear agreement with Iran.

The White House conveyed the president's decision shortly before Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a compromise version of the measure on a 19-0 vote.


It was a sign that Congress would not back down on its insistence that lawmakers must have a say if any final deal with Iran involves the eventual lifting of crippling economic sanctions that Congress levied on Tehran.

Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine defended the demand for congressional input, saying it has nothing to do with disrespecting President Obama or a desire to go to war – a notion he called “offensive.”

“The American public, just as we do, really prefer we find a diplomatic answer,” Kaine said in his opening statement. “(Americans) are deeply skeptical just like we are about Iran’s intentions.”

Senate panel passes Iran bill giving Congress a say on nuclear deal Fox News

 

[Stephanie]

thank goodness for us all. Obama is a danger to us and should be removed from office

 

[JoeB131]

That's Awesome, Chief Sitting Couch.

So now all the other countries will just cut their own deals with Iran and leave us out of it.

This is a good thing, how?

 

[TemplarKormac]

The Democrats disagree with you Joe. Case closed. Congress is there for a reason.

 

[Mr. H.]

That's Awesome, Chief Sitting Couch.

So now all the other countries will just cut their own deals with Iran and leave us out of it.

This is a good thing, how?

Good Lord...

 

[Stephanie]

We can see who the people are that is: party over country. Nothing this man does will make them critical of him.

 

[TemplarKormac]

That's Awesome, Chief Sitting Couch.

So now all the other countries will just cut their own deals with Iran and leave us out of it.

This is a good thing, how?

This isn't about "other countries."

 

[The Rabbi]

That's Awesome, Chief Sitting Couch.

So now all the other countries will just cut their own deals with Iran and leave us out of it.

This is a good thing, how?

What? That's stupid, even for you. Do you imagine other countries will sign bogus deals to lift sanctions and we'll be left behind with our sanctions regime? Or what?

 

[theDoctorisIn]

That's Awesome, Chief Sitting Couch.

So now all the other countries will just cut their own deals with Iran and leave us out of it.

This is a good thing, how?

What? That's stupid, even for you. Do you imagine other countries will sign bogus deals to lift sanctions and we'll be left behind with our sanctions regime? Or what?

If the P5+1 make a deal with Iran, and we refuse to honor it, are you under the impression that the other 5 countries would just blindly follow us?

 

[The Rabbi]

That's Awesome, Chief Sitting Couch.

So now all the other countries will just cut their own deals with Iran and leave us out of it.

This is a good thing, how?

What? That's stupid, even for you. Do you imagine other countries will sign bogus deals to lift sanctions and we'll be left behind with our sanctions regime? Or what?

If the P5+1 make a deal with Iran, and we refuse to honor it, are you under the impression that the other 5 countries would just blindly follow us?

Yeah pretty much. Without US support any deal doesnt mean a whole lot.
But those countries wont make a deal. Hell, France was warning us about a deal with Iran. France.

 

[TemplarKormac]

That's Awesome, Chief Sitting Couch.

So now all the other countries will just cut their own deals with Iran and leave us out of it.

This is a good thing, how?

What? That's stupid, even for you. Do you imagine other countries will sign bogus deals to lift sanctions and we'll be left behind with our sanctions regime? Or what?

If the P5+1 make a deal with Iran, and we refuse to honor it, are you under the impression that the other 5 countries would just blindly follow us?

Does that mean we should blindly follow them if they reach a deal?

 

[Votto]

Obama is an anti-Semite going back to his Reverend Wright days. The church he used to attend used to pass out propaganda for the Palestinian cause.

 

[hipeter924]

That's Awesome, Chief Sitting Couch.

So now all the other countries will just cut their own deals with Iran and leave us out of it.

This is a good thing, how?

What? That's stupid, even for you. Do you imagine other countries will sign bogus deals to lift sanctions and we'll be left behind with our sanctions regime? Or what?

If the P5+1 make a deal with Iran, and we refuse to honor it, are you under the impression that the other 5 countries would just blindly follow us?

Russia and China have been wanting a way out of the Iran deadlock for a while, so even if Congress votes against, the sanctions won't hold against Iran. Russia is already opening the door to convential weapons deals with Iran.

 

[The Rabbi]

That's Awesome, Chief Sitting Couch.

So now all the other countries will just cut their own deals with Iran and leave us out of it.

This is a good thing, how?

What? That's stupid, even for you. Do you imagine other countries will sign bogus deals to lift sanctions and we'll be left behind with our sanctions regime? Or what?

If the P5+1 make a deal with Iran, and we refuse to honor it, are you under the impression that the other 5 countries would just blindly follow us?

Does that mean we should blindly follow them if they reach a deal?

Unfortunately we would probably be better off if we did. The French et al arent invested in creating a deal--any deal--just fo rthe sake of one like Obama is.
The French have more poltiical sense than Obama. Says it all.

 

[TemplarKormac]

The French have more political sense than Obama. Says it all.

I wouldn't call it political sense. I'd call it common sense.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

That's Awesome, Chief Sitting Couch.

So now all the other countries will just cut their own deals with Iran and leave us out of it.

This is a good thing, how?

What? That's stupid, even for you. Do you imagine other countries will sign bogus deals to lift sanctions and we'll be left behind with our sanctions regime? Or what?

If the P5+1 make a deal with Iran, and we refuse to honor it, are you under the impression that the other 5 countries would just blindly follow us?

Does that mean we should blindly follow them if they reach a deal?

You're not understanding how this works.

We're not "following" them, we're negotiating alongside them. Any "deal" will be negotiated by all, including us.

If Congress decided to ignore the negotiations and deal that we took part in, why would that impact the other members of the talks?