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To: brothers4thID

The full text would have been available to the Senate and needed 2/3 vote to pass. I never would have passed. The Corker bill was a big wet kiss to Obama and the corporations that wanted to do business with Iran. That is it and nothing else.


892 posted on 01/03/2016 8:24:59 PM PST by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: Lagmeister

No it would not have been.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/conncarroll/2015/03/03/can-obama-sign-a-nuclear-treaty-with-iran-without-senate-approval-n1964687

But, as The New York Times’ David Sanger first reported in October, Obama has already decided to bypass Congress on his Iranian arms deal entirely.

But doesn’t Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution read, “The President ... shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur.”

How can Obama sign a nuclear arms deal with Iran without submitting that agreement to the Senate?

The same way that Obama has rewritten federal immigration and education law without Congress: by expanding executive power.

Obama will claim that his deal with Iran is not a treaty but a “sole executive agreement” that requires no approval from Congress. Sole executive agreements have been used by presidents since the early 1800s, but the exact scope of this power has long been in question.


900 posted on 01/03/2016 8:53:34 PM PST by brothers4thID ("We've had way too many Republicans whose #1 virtue is "I get along great with Democrats".")
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