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CRUZ or LOSE!
Can the next congress make it go away??
where was he when he voted for the Corker bill? Oh yeah, touting some amendment that had no chance so he could cover his posterior with it....
Leaving the mess for the next administration
Cute
In Obama’s twisted Brain this is a done deal and he’ll never talk about Iran again
How could he have voted for rhe Corker Bill to abrogate the constitutional 2/3 Senate approval of ANY TREATY!!? What the hell was he thinking?
That would be a great title for the first honest Barack Hussein Obama movie.
Ted Cruz Ping! He Obama! Neville Chamberlain called. He said "Thanks!" "I'm no longer the stupidest appeaser in history! "
Cruz has shown abominable judgment, at least, on this and on Trade. On the trade deal he partially redeemed himself but the initial action combined with the vote for Iran throws a dense cloud on his loyalty to the Constitution. That from the most articulate and insistent voice for the Constitution in Congress.
May 7, 2015 - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released the following statement regarding votes on the Iran Nuclear Review Act:
“This bill was a missed opportunity. If Congress had acted to defend our constitutional authority – if Congress had adopted the Cruz-Toomey amendment – then we would be able to stop a bad Iran deal. Instead, the odds are now overwhelming that under these ground rules President Obama will negotiate, and Congress will acquiesce to, a terrible deal that allows Iran to acquire nuclear weapons and will endanger the lives of millions of Americans and our allies.
“I voted no on cloture because we should have insisted on amendments to put real teeth in this bill. Ultimately, I voted yes on final passage because it may delay, slightly, President Obama’s ability to lift the Iran sanctions and it ensures we will have a Congressional debate on the merits of the Iran deal. I will continue to lead the fight to prevent the Islamic Republic of Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and to protect the national security of America and our allies.”
They had their chance when it would only take 41 votes to STOP it.
Now it takes 67 votes in the Senate and 292 votes in the House to stop it.
Cruz, Toomey file amendment to give Congress more power over Obama’s Iran deal
April 24, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, have filed an amendment (#1152) to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, which would require affirmative Congressional approval of any Iranian nuclear deal before sanctions relief can occur.
"The Constitution makes clear that Congress must approve international agreements like the one President Obama is negotiating with Iran," said Sen. Cruz. "A nuclear Iran is the single greatest threat to our national security and also poses an unacceptably high risk to Israel. Reviewing this deal and deciding whether or not to consent to it may well be the most important function of this Congress. It is not something that should be rushed, and it is imperative that, at the very least, the President obtain majority support for his deal from both Houses of Congress before moving forward."
As currently written, the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 would first require Congress to pass a resolution of disapproval and then require Congress to muster votes from two-thirds of each chamber to override a Presidential veto. What's more, if Congress failed to act within a set timeframe, the deal would go into effect by default. This process gets the Constitution's allocation of authority precisely backwards.
The Cruz-Toomey amendment would remove these options and restore a more proper process for Congress to exercise its Constitutional power. It would require President Obama to persuade a majority of Senators and Representatives to approve his deal before it goes into effect.
Full text of the amendment can be viewed here.
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Maybe the time to fight was before you gave him the power to do this. You proclaim the real vote is the cloture vote and you failed on that one.