Conservative Review – Last Hope to Stop Iran:
Last Hope to Stop Iran: #HouseConservatives
By: Daniel Horowitz | May 7th, 2015
via Conservative Review – Last Hope to Stop Iran: #HouseConservatives.
With passage of the Corker-Cardin Democrat protection bill, it has become abundantly clear that Senate Republicans are utterly useless.
Due to the outrageously false perception of this bill, only 6 Republicans opposed shutting off debate (Sens. Cruz, Cotton, Grassley, Lee, Moran, and Sullivan) and only Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) voted against it in the final passage.
Now it’s time for House conservatives to stand up and be counted.
I’ve watched countless legislative fights over the years and have seldom seen such an outrageous level of dishonesty in selling a bill as something completely antithetical than its plain text political intent.
From beginning to end, the dishonest bipartisan oligarchy sold this bill as a way of securing congressional approval of any Iran deal. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Obama’s point man in the Senate on the Iran appeasement, made the following deceitful statement prior to voting on the bill:
This is a uniquely scandalous lie even for a member of Congress.
This is a uniquely scandalous lie even for a member of Congress. He has officially gone on record as vouching for our position – that Congress must approve any deal made by the president – but refuses to admit that his bill does just the opposite. Instead of the default position being no sanctions relief unless a majority of Congress affirmatively approve of the deal, this bill allows the president to remove sanctions after 30 days unless two-thirds of both houses override the president. Ben Cardin has no intention of ever doing that. This is a new low, even for a career politician.
And it gets even worse. Congressional Quarterly reports that House Democrats are signaling they will never give Republicans the requisite two-thirds majority to override a veto under any circumstance. Rep. Jan Schakowski (D-IL) circulated a letter signed by 150 House Democrats cheering on Obama’s appeasement of Iran and urging him to stay the course.
Senate passes Iran bill just as House Dems signal they will deny GOP ability to override a veto on Iran ($) http://t.co/c8VJtP2552 @CQnow
— Rachel Oswald (@OswaldRachel) May 7, 2015
House conservatives have the opportunity to make it clear to leadership that they will only support a bill that actually matches the rhetoric of its supporters.
Consequently, passage of the Corker-Cardin bill in the House would consummate Obama’s deal with no way of revoking it. And this is much worse than passing nothing because Obama can rightfully point to this illusory bill as a bipartisan and legitimate stamp of approval from Congress.
House conservatives have the opportunity to make it clear to leadership that they will only support a bill that actually matches the rhetoric of its supporters. The only way to harmonize Cardin’s talking point with the text of the bill is for the House to amend the legislation with the Cruz amendment, which would require Congress to affirmatively approve of the deal.
Some members of Congress and their staffs who bought into this puerile lie might have difficulty with arithmetic. But that American people will not be fooled by this ruse.
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WarSclerotic 
May 8, 2015 at 1:35 AM
Indeed, House GOP leaders could force votes on the most important amendments that McConnell caved on, including Israel’s right to exist, Iran being forced to close nuke facilities, allow unfettered inspections, or reinstate the sanctions that have been waived by Hussein in the last 2 years.
Then if Republicans voted for a bill with teeth, the Senate and House would have to go to conference to find common ground.
But do I expect Boehner to do any of that when he is already telling supporters in private forums they don’t “have the votes” to stop Iran in spite of the Constitution that demands 2/3rds of the Senate ratify treaties?
Hell no!
Israel is on their own, and Bibi and his Cabinet (both the old and new ones) know it.
May 8, 2015 at 1:37 AM
See this article here:
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-04-27/boehner-congress-doesn-t-have-votes-to-stop-iran-deal
May 8, 2015 at 1:45 AM
What made me the most furious was that Republicans caved to deny even a vote on Rubio’s amendment requiring Iran to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.
That move was directed straight out of the White House by the Muslim from Kenya. We all know how much he hates Israel, and he couldn’t possibly allow for Israel’s most important demand to be dignified with a vote in the US Senate!
May 8, 2015 at 1:39 PM
But the bill the Congress sent to the President turns things on its head. It will allow the President to lift sanctions on Iran, and unless Congress objects with a 2/3 vote within 30 days, the President’s actions are allowed to stand. See the reversal? Formerly, the President needed a 2/3 vote to act, and now the Congress needs a 2/3 vote to stop him from acting. And be assured the Democrats will never let the Republicans get that many votes.
this vote of Congress is probably unconstitutional. Congress cannot vote to give away the powers granted it under the Constitution. The treaty ratifying power is given to the Senate under the Constitution and the Senate cannot waive it, no matter how much Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell want to.
Practically speaking, of course, it no longer matters very much what is or is not constitutional, as the courts are curiously uninterested in limiting executive power and the legislative branch is intent on giving it up, so there is no one to challenge it and no effective forum to challenge it in.
more here
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/05/rubio_paul_cruz_vote_to_allow_obama_to_lift_iran_sanctions.html