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2015-09-03 | ||||||
The US House of Representatives will vote next week on the Iran nuclear deal, Republican leadership said Wednesday, the first congressional step in a process President Barack Obama The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t. But she is a typical white person... hopes will uphold his landmark accord. "Next week the House will consider a resolution of disapproval of the Iran nuclear deal," House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy ...the GOP house majority whip. He replaces Eric Cantor, who got whupped because his politix are like Kevin McCarthy's... said in a statement. "This vote will have an immense impact on our national security as well as the security of our friends and partners around the world," he added. The vote had been expected in September, but the timing was not previously known. With most US politicians opposed to the accord, which aims to severely restrict Iran's nuclear program in exchange for an easing of punishing economic sanctions, the resolution of disapproval is certain to pass the House. "With a clear majority of Congress and the American people lining up in opposition to this deal, the House will not approve this deal. This is a bad deal for our country and for our allies," McCarthy said. Action would then shift to the Senate. Should the resolution pass both chambers, Obama will veto it, setting up votes in Congress to override his veto. Such an override would require a two-thirds vote in both chambers. But the White House earned a victory of sorts Wednesday when a retiring Senate Democrat became the crucial 34th senator to support the accord, ensuring that Obama's veto would not be overturned and the deal would proceed. The White House said it's encouraged that more than a third of the Senate has announced support for the nuclear deal with Iran. White House press secretary Josh Earnest called the growing support a validation of Obama's effort to "make sure that every member of the Senate understands exactly what's included in the agreement." The deal sets Iran back so that it is at least a year away from being able to produce enough nuclear material for a weapon, before the restrictions ease after a decade. Where Democratic senators stand on Iran nuke deal [IsraelTimes] Republicans unanimously oppose accord to curb Tehran’s nuclear program; 34 Democrats say they’ll sustain a presidential veto Republicans who control both chambers of Congress are unanimously opposed to the deal. They need a majority in the House and 60 of 100 votes in the Senate to pass the disapproval resolution. If it does pass, President Barack Obama has pledged to veto it. At that point, opponents would need to muster two-thirds majorities in both the House and the Senate to override Obama’s veto. In the Senate, 34 senators — the number required to sustain the president’s veto — have announced they support the deal. Forty-one votes would be required to filibuster the disapproval resolution in the first place and prevent it from passing. Here’s a breakdown of where the 46 members of the Democratic caucus stand: Support – 34 Tammy Baldwin Barbara Call me Senator!Boxer Senator-for-Life from Caliphornia... Sherrod Brown
Bob Casey Chris Coons Joe Donnelly Dick Durbin ...Senator-for-Life from Illinois and Democratic Party Whip. In April 2006, Time magazine identified Durbin as one of America's 10 Best Senators,so what's that tell you? He was the first United States Senator to support the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama, then the junior senator from Illinois.... Dianne Feinstein ...Dem Senator-for-Life from Caliphornica. She has been a politician since about the time she was weaned. Feinstein was the author of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, and tried it a second time in 2012. Feinstein chaired the Select Committee on Intelligence since 2009. At age 80, Feinstein is the oldest currently serving United States Senator.... Al Franken Kirsten Gillibrand Martin Heinrich Mazie Hirono Tim Kaine Angus King Amy Klobuchar Patrick Leahy ...Democrat Senator-for-Life from Vermont, former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, source of more leaks than a plumber could keep up with... Ed Markey ...U.S. Representative-for-Life from Massachusetts, serving since 1976. He is a member of the Democratic Party, naturally.... Claire McCaskill ... Now, why would I pay taxes on my airplane? Send the bill to the taxpayers!... Jeff Merkley Barbara Mikulski
Patty Murray ... Senator-for-life (D) from Washington state, reputedly not the sharpest intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body. To hear Patty tell it, if we'd built roads and bridges like Osama bin Laden had 9-11 never would have happened... Bill Nelson Jack Reed Harry Reid ... the charismatic senator-for-life from Nevada, currently Bernie Sanders ...The only openly Socialist member of the U.S. Senate. Sanders was Representative-for-Life from Vermont until moving to the Senate for the rest of his life in 2006, assuming the seat vacated by Jim Jeffords...
Jeanne Shaheen Debbie Stabenow Jon Tester Tom Udall Elizabeth Warren Sheldon Whitehouse Opposed – 2 Chuck Schumer Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower.
Michael Bennet Richard Blumenthal Cory Booker Maria Cantwell Ben Cardin Heidi Heitkamp Joe Manchin Gary Peters Mark Warner Ron Wyden | ||||||
Posted by:trailing wife |
#9 |
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-09-03 20:09 |
#8 I wonder if the 34 plan to go up for reelection or if this is the number willing to fall on their swords for dear leader knowing its retirement time anyway. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-09-03 18:52 |
#7 Although she may not pay, the Democratic Party may end up paying for this politically during election time. The voters are just a bit testy. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2015-09-03 17:27 |
#6 Al Franken may be a clown, but Tammy Baldwin is just a loon. |
Posted by: Mullah Richard 2015-09-03 16:17 |
#5 I want SpaceMan Bill Nelson on the record for damn sure. |
Posted by: Shipman 2015-09-03 16:12 |
#4 Make them vote. Get them on the record. |
Posted by: Iblis 2015-09-03 14:52 |
#3 It's all theater. Champ had these votes from the beginning. He and the DNC can now safely let some Dems vote against the deal in hopes of saving them at the next election. There was no doubt about this from the start. |
Posted by: Steve White 2015-09-03 13:48 |
#2 So these are the folks who do not care what the other two-thirds of the Senate, and a large portion of the citizenry, want. May they all die a slow political death (losing the next election, and every one thereafter). |
Posted by: Bobby 2015-09-03 12:37 |
#1 These commitments to support the Iran deal are no more binding than "You can keep your doctor". If the MSM actually reported on the vicious rhetoric coming out of Iran the pressure would be unbearable for at least one or two of these partisan creeps. The 'pubs and sane dems need to force this to a vote and vote it down loudly proclaiming the evil that is Iran. Then when Zero vetoes it, bring it up for an override explicitly hanging it on the creep brigade. |
Posted by: AlanC 2015-09-03 11:22 |