Posted on 08/03/2015 7:20:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Chuck Schumer is getting an earful from opponents of the Iran nuclear deal.
More than 10,000 phone calls have flooded his office line the past two weeks, organized by a group looking to kill the deal. Another group has dropped seven figures on TV in New York City to pressure Schumer and other lawmakers to vote against the plan. The powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee has put its muscle behind an effort to lobby the New Yorker against it.
And Dov Hikind, a state assemblyman from Brooklyn, was arrested for disorderly conduct while protesting the deal outside Schumer’s office.
People who have spoken with the senior New York senator believe the pressure campaign is having an effect: They say there is a growing sense inside and outside the Capitol that Schumer will vote against the deal when the Senate considers it in September. The bigger question many have now is this: How hard will he push against it?
Schumer is one of about 15 Democratic senators who will decide the fate of President Barack Obama’s Iran nuclear deal in Congress. The president can afford to lose no more than a dozen Democrats on the Senate floor, and as the next Democratic leader, Schumer may be the most critical of them all.
In an interview with POLITICO, Schumer insisted he’s still weighing his vote. He said he would decide based on the merits of the deal, not lobbying from either side.
“I haven’t made up my mind,” said Schumer, who is in line to be the first Jewish Senate leader next Congress. “There are expectations all over the lot.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
I agree with what Brit Hume (?) said the other day, namely, that Schumer will vote against the Iran sell-out as long as Obama doesn’t need his vote.
But if it looks as if there will be exactly 60 votes to bring an anti-sellout bill to the Senate floor, Schumer will suddenly switch sides and join with Obama against Israel. Then the opponents of the deal will only have 59 votes against a filibuster by Obama supporters, which means the deal won’t be voted down.
Oh? Does he have an election coming up?
If Schumer kills this obedience to the Mullahs, it will be a major smackdown of Valerie and her charge.
If he opposes the deal (and that is a big IF), he will likely be quiet about it and just vote no.
Why is it a big IF? Because Obama probably has stuff on him (like everyone else in DC) and his chance at becoming Senate Minority Leader might be torpedoed if he makes a stink. Like most pols, he will put party ahead of conscience.
RE: If he opposes the deal (and that is a big IF), he will likely be quiet about it and just vote no.
No matter what he does, HE CAN’T KEEP HIS VOTE QUIET.
The eyes of the nation are ON HIM.
Schumer quiet? LOL!
Bingo! That's exactly what I though when I saw the headline.
Schumer quiet? LOL!
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