Posted on 08/03/2015 1:54:59 PM PDT by cotton1706
House Republicans said Monday that they have the GOP votes to disapprove of the Iran nuclear deal as Democrats stepped up their support of the agreement the Obama administration and other world powers negotiated with Tehran.
Since Republicans hold a commanding 246 seats in the House, it was widely expected that the GOP would come up with 218 votes to support a resolution of disapproval, which has been introduced by Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill.
"Time is not the friend of this deal," Roskam said in a statement. "The more time members spend evaluating this agreement, the more they realize it's an historic mistake."
It's unclear, however, if there would be enough votes in the House to override President Barack Obama's expected veto of the legislation. The president is counting on Democrats to sustain his veto, and House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi has said they will.
Obama would need 34 members of the Senate or 146 members of the House to stand with him.
On Monday, California Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Anna Eshoo joined an expanding list of representatives who have announced their support of the international accord.
Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said the deal "realistically precludes Iran from developing an atomic bomb" for at least 15 years.
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Just do it.
I join the chorus, this is all a show - “Aww, we tried really hard and almost got the 2/3rds to override it” — just a show to cover the treason of violating the constitutional requirement of 2/3rds to PASS a treaty not 2/3rds to FAIL to pass a treaty. They refuse to defend the constitution.
Exactly.
As usual, the ruling class is playing us all for fools. Guess we are, since they are still breathing.
Hey, look, Democrats finally showing that they hate Israel. What a shock. Not.
The Senate would bail him out.
The problem is the vote that took away the requirement for majority approval.
And in other news Elvis and JFK were found playing golf on the moon.
I hope they have the votes to kill the bill. Why did Corker and Lindsey Graham author the legislation to make it so hard to kill?
FTRNC!!
I’ll believe it when a flock of pink pigs fly past my windows. I no longer believe ANYTHING the rino’s have to say. Actions speak louder than words and the rino’s are nothing but words.
Kill this POC deal!!!
Trey Gowdy has been a real disappointment.
Hillary must have put a horse head in his bed.
The cowardly Republicans in the Senate threw away their treaty powers with the Corker bill.
It seems incredible that all he needs for this terrible deal is 1/3. Thank you Bob Corker, Lindsey Graham and all others.
Majority of House backs resolution to kill Iran deal
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/majority-of-house-backs-resolution-to-kill-iran-deal/
At least three members of the House leadership, as well as 18 of 22 House committee chairmen and 23 of the 25 GOP members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, have already signed on to back the resolution, according to figures provided by congressional sources.
So who of the GOPee thinks this is a good deal?
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