Posted on 04/30/2015 4:05:51 PM PDT by cotton1706
Two junior conservatives blindsided Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Thursday by attempting to force a vote on an amendment that could derail the bipartisan Iran nuclear review bill.
Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who is running for president, surprised McConnell by leapfrogging ahead of colleagues waiting for chances to get votes on their amendments.
They used a procedural maneuver to force McConnell to schedule a vote on an amendment requiring Iran to recognize Israel’s right to exist as part of any nuclear deal. McConnell’s only way of avoiding the controversial amendment would be to file a motion to end debate on the Iran Nuclear Review Act, which would block Republicans from offering any amendments to the bill.
It would also represent a reversal of McConnell’s intention to allow amendments on legislation in the GOP-controlled Senate after he criticized Democrats for not doing so when they held the chamber.
The GOP leader now faces a tough choice over whether to save the Iran bill from a poison-pill amendment or to cut off debate and move to a swift final vote on the legislation — despite earlier pledges to allow a robust floor debate.
Rubio’s amendment calling for Iran to recognize Israel as part of a nuclear deal with the United States is dangerous because Iran would never agree to it, and so it might doom the nuclear talks.
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Stern to stem. At flank speed.
It's all meaningless: the president has the constitutional authority to make any 'executive agreement' he wants. Period. It has no force of law and is completely in his purview.
A meaningful response to a stupid, dangerous executive agreement like this is to deny funding for it.
Note there is no meaningful response from congress- just this inane show.
Doom the nuclear talks as if they ever had a chance. What utter nonsense.
Three fools in a can.
“From an aircraft carrier.”
How about a submarine at 100 feet down?
Sounds good to me.
Outstanding!
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