Posted on 07/25/2017 2:36:49 PM PDT by TBP
He can simply declare he will use his executive discretion on which elements of the sanctions will be enforced by his DOJ and other executive departments.
Since he has Foreign Policy in his purview.
It’s a precedent long set and long exercised.
Pocket veto......
President Trump’s signature may or may not mean much, depending on the Senate vote margin.
These butthos never put the screws to Obama like they do Trump. Obama was a commie. What does that tell ya?
I am not going to vote for any of them anymore. They can pound sand.
...new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea...
The headline seems a little misleading.
“Pocket veto......”
I don’t think a pocket veto is too difficult for Congress to defeat if they really want. They can I believe go on recess but still name an agent to receive veto messages, which means that even if the President has taken no action on the bill after 10 days it becomes law.
Given the margin of votes it looks like they really want this to pass so it’s hard to see Congress not taking steps to stop the pocket veto.
I think this is one the President will sign, but maybe with a signing statement that expresses his feelings on the matter.
Given the vote totals in the Senate and House, any veto would almost certainly fail.
How about “the optics” of caving in and embracing Hillary’s neocon foreign policy, if he does sign it? Trump voters did not elect him for this. Let Congress override his veto. Then he can refer to it in their primary challenges?
Isn’t it amazing that with Trump now as Prez, all of a sudden Congress wants to control the executive branch in respect to foreign policy?
Worthless socialists and GOPe cucks. These are the same folks who won’t pass a clean health care repeal.
Trump needs to fight this with all he has even if he knows he will lose.
Congress has had a remedy for pocket vetoes for a few decades now: Congress can adjourn and designate an agent to receive veto messages and other communications so that a pocket veto cannot happen.The Legislative Branch, backed by modern court rulings, asserts that the Executive Branch may only pocket veto legislation when Congress has adjourned “sine die” from a session. Congress usually adjourns “sine die” only once a year, in December (so, twice in any given session of Congress).
“Sine die” is Latin for “without day.” That means Congress is adjourned without a definite date to reconvene.
The Senate passed sanctions 98-2.
I see you went looking. You’re a busy Germ.
[Merkel is furious]
Just please warn us first if she starts to pool dance again......
there's nothing more Congressional whores like than jumping on a band-wagon. They all want to be tough/generous/brave/compassionate when it is consequence-free.
If there were real consequences and potential for serious debate and negative publicity, many of these whores would be off the band-wagon and running for cover.
Having said that, I suspect Trump will go with the flow and save his ammo for other issues.
Is that constitutional? Might want to see if a court will overrule Congress and strike this down.
The vote totals for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution were 88-2. I hope this does not lead to a similar tragic mistake.
Why is this not the House conducting foreign affairs? I thought that was a power of the president. In my mind this needs to go to scotus for violating separation of powers.
This is some seriously stupid and greedy/evil ****. It is motivated by a desire to force Europeans to stop buying cheap Russian natural gas and start buying expensive US LNG instead. The EU will come down on us like a ton of bricks if this things goes through.
If so, it is still the right thing to do - make them work even more closely with the enemy to hinder President Trump.
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