Lindsey Graham prepare to question witnesses during a hearing about the Iran nuclear deal on July 29, 2015.
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Pelosi, in a news conference Thursday, echoed the comparison of the Iran vote to the one members cast in 2002 on whether to authorize the Iraq war.
While the nuclear deal would effectively cut off Iran’s pathway to developing an atomic bomb, Carter argued, it places “no limitations on what the Department of Defense can and will do to pursue our defense strategy” in the Middle East.
“There will certainly be an intensive lobbying campaign by both sides during August recess”, said Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, who has not yet announced his position.
According to two House Democrats who attended a reception at the White House with the president, he predicted there would be fallout for future relationships overseas if Congress failed to back the agreement with Iran at the end of a 60-day review period in September.
If upheld, the deal is certain to shape Obama’s legacy as he prepares to leave office. As people know more about it, they become more opposed to it. … “The debate in the U.S.is important, and you can see the shift”. But what if that isn’t so?
Freeman brings the message home, intoning: “Call Congress. Tell them: Support diplomacy”.
The White House did not provide a list of all the groups on the call. “He thought if the Congress voted it down, that we could get a better deal”.
The French embassy denied the report, but Sanchez and Rogin are obviously telling the truth about a moment of refreshing candor from Audilbert. “Proponents of the deal have learned their lessons from the healthcare debate and understand that it’s necessary to ensure that the majority of Americans who support this deal also have their voices heard”.
But as the fight turns from Capitol Hill to town-hall meetings across the country, Obama and progressive allies are turning nearly to a campaignlike footing to cement the deal that could prove to be Obama’s crowning foreign-policy achievement. However, they fail to offer any realistic alternatives.
The celebrities go on to describe the deal as “strong” and the best way to keep Iran from a bomb and to avoid war.
This means that, if they are capable of resisting partisan pressures, Congressional Democrats should be able to vote “no” on the deal with an easy conscience. We should begin contingency planning now with key Arab states and Israel to develop options to respond to a surge in Iranian material support for Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis and others.
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Kildee said the U.S. would lose its credibility by backing away from the agreement, and if that happened, there likely would be no new negotiations. The deal cleverly uses snap-back sanctions, meaning that, if there is a significant breach, an affirmative vote in the UN Security Council is required to continue the suspension of sanctions.
