Sunday, August 09, 2015

Senate support grows for Iran deal By Burgess Everett

My COMMENTS FIRST:

  • I damn well HOPE so, if the electorate wants to avoid another war twice the size of the quagmire Iraq. We would have NO allies on this one except Israel and it is wholly bad for them to reject this deal too. Don't forget too Pakistan has NUKES about which many of these Republicon jerks have no idea. So yeah let's ramp up a worse war than Iraq with Shites where the whole gd place will explode what is left of it anyway. Would Pakistanis lob a nuke? Who knows do you want to chance it? OR someone just may take out Israel's nukes or try with doses of complementary radiation everywhere. NOT accepting this deal is the STUPID of STUPID. It is in everyone's interest to SUPPORT it but the RepublCONS and their neoCON criminals that got us into Iraq are either delusional or suicidal except they bring us down with them! Another huge war will NEVER fly ever! 
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  •  We will lose and the biggest loser will be the American taxpayer and Israel. 
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  • This is about permanent forever war, helping no one but the corporatists that make a fortune off the blood of those who are ignorant of politics especially Middle East history. It is NUTS to reject this deal. If you want to get rid of money in politics then DO NOT VOTE THESE KNOW NOTHING REPUBLICON ratholes into office. It's that simple. GET THEM OUT OF THERE and then oh my god thousands of pounds would be off our backs! They will spin this into war. You can believe NOTHING they say. They are beholden to the corporations who do their bidding! Call or write members of Congress in the House and Senate, call or write those who do not support the deal especially Democrats who want your money. Tell them you will withhold contributions from them and help kick them out of office too! Write even those who are not your representatives. Tell them you will join others to get them sent home!

The article:

President Barack Obama’s Iran deal looks increasingly likely to survive a challenge from congressional Republicans after several swing Democrats said they would back the deal just as the Senate sped toward recess on Wednesday.

Minutes after Senate leaders locked in an agreement to begin debating the nuclear deal on Sept. 8, Independent Maine Sen. Angus King came to the floor to announce his support for the agreement. King’s decision will make it hard for GOP opponents to block the lifting of legislative sanctions when the Senate votes no later than Sept. 17.

“This is the most difficult decision I’ve ever had to make,” King said. “But in the end I decided the terms of this agreement are preferable to the alternatives.”

In addition to King, Democratic Sens. Bill Nelson of Florida and Tim Kaine of Virginia also voiced support for the deal this week. Their support is invaluable for the White House: The trio of Democratic Caucus members were early backers of the review law that allows Congress to hold an up or down vote on the deal. And their support transforms the whip-counting operation for Republicans hoping to block the deal.

While there are technically enough undecided Democrats for the GOP to marshal a veto-proof majority against the deal, many are reliable allies of the administration and are expected to back the agreement. More skeptical senators like Chuck Schumer of New York or Robert Menendez of New Jersey could still end up voting against the Iran deal and bring some colleagues with them, but the battle for votes appears to be a race to 60 instead of 67.


Article by BURGESS EVERETT

If Republicans can get at least six Democrats to support their cause in the Senate to break a filibuster, it would still be a significant achievement for the GOP. Sanctions on Iran would stay in place for 22 more days as Obama vetoed the disapproval resolution and Congress voted to override a veto, and a 60-vote bloc is always difficult to build. But it wouldn’t be enough to block the deal.

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) came to the Senate floor on Wednesday afternoon and sounded like he’d made a decision. But Flake, who Obama is aggressively courting to support the deal, still said he was undecided.

“I can only support an agreement that can endure,” he said as he left the floor with a long summer recess and a big decision ahead of him.


With senators antsy to begin their August recess after a mostly fruitless week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) reached an agreement to start consideration of the Iran deal as soon as lawmakers return from the break. They also agreed on a process to finish a cybersecurity bill, but it could be months before that gets a vote in the Senate. 


McConnell has said he hopes that all 100 senators participate in the Iran discussion while at their desks and has suggested that all committee hearings be canceled during the deliberations.

Reid, in a rare moment of comity between the two rival leaders, said: “The debate we’re going to have in a matter of weeks, I want it to be … dignified, befitting the gravity of the issue of the day. This is a step forward.”

Locking in the debate before breaking for the recess was a necessity with Rosh Hashanah disrupting the few days that the Senate will be in session in September. Under the agreement, the Senate will have no more than seven days to debate the Iran bill before proceeding to a vote.

On Wednesday alone there were four planned briefings and hearings on the Iran deal, with an evening classified briefing between senators and State Department official Wendy Sherman and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz expected to cap off the summer schedule until September.

After several startling defections from New York House Democrats, like Steve Israel, Obama got some good news from the other side of the Capitol as well on Wednesday. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.), who has a constituent held in Iran, announced he’d back the deal as well.

“No one has presented a credible alternative,” Kildee said.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/senate-sets-september-debate-iran-nuclear-deal-121046.html#ixzz3iJoN2sdX

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