Republicans Warn Iran -- and Obama -- That Deal Won't Last. A group of 47 Republican senators has written an open letter to Iran's leaders warning them that any nuclear deal they sign with President Barack Obama's administration won’t last after Obama leaves office. Organized by freshman Senator Tom Cotton and signed by the chamber's entire party leadership as well as potential 2016 presidential contenders Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, the letter is meant not just to discourage the Iranian regime from signing a deal but also to pressure the White House into giving Congress some authority over the process. “It has come to our attention while observing your nuclear negotiations with our government that you may not fully understand our constitutional system … Anything not approved by Congress is a mere executive agreement,” the senators wrote. “The next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time.” Arms-control advocates and supporters of the negotiations argue that the next president and the next Congress will have a hard time changing or canceling any Iran deal -- -- which is reportedly near done -- especially if it is working reasonably well. Many inside the Republican caucus, however, hope that by pointing out the long-term fragility of a deal with no congressional approval -- something Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has also noted -- the Iranian regime might be convinced to think twice. "Iran's ayatollahs need to know before agreeing to any nuclear deal that … any unilateral executive agreement is one they accept at their own peril,” Cotton told me. http://www.bloombergview.com/articl...cans-warn-iran-and-obama-that-deal-won-t-last The issue has already become part of the 2016 GOP campaign. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush came out against the negotiations in a speech at the Chicago Council last month. Former Texas Governor Rick Perry released a video criticizing the negotiations and calling for Congressional oversight. “An arms control agreement that excludes our Congress, damages our security and endangers our allies has to be reconsidered by any future president,” Perry said. Republicans also have a new argument to make in asserting their role in the diplomatic process: Vice President Joe Biden similarly insisted -- in a letter to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell -- on congressional approval for the Moscow Treaty on strategic nuclear weapons with Russia in 2002, when he was head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The new letter is the latest piece of an effort by Senators in both parties to ensure that Congress will have some say if and when a deal is signed. Senators Bob Corker, Lindsey Graham, Tim Kaine and the embattled Bob Menendez have a bill pending that would mandate a Congressional review of the Iran deal, but Republicans and Democrats have been bickering over how to proceed in the face of a threatened presidential veto. Still, Senators from both parties are united in an insistence that, at some point, the administration will need their buy-in for any nuclear deal with Iran to succeed. There’s no sign yet that Obama believes this -- or, if he does, that he plans to engage Congress in any meaningful way. To contact the author on this story: Josh Rogin at joshrogin@bloomberg.net
The GOP is going to repeal that deal about as well as they repealed Obamacare. More b.s. from a bunch of do nothing sell outs. Vote Libertarian. Let future generations have a real choice. Not two parties who screw us over every chance they get.
Two things are clear here. One, the Constitution grants exclusive authority to the Executive branch to negotiate treaties. Two, treaties have to be ratified by the Senate. Obama is ignoring the second part. It is similar to what Clinton did with an earlier global warming treaty. He agreed to it and never submitted it to the Senate. The Senate voted overwhelmingly anyway to reject it. Obama is making a big mistake by excluding the Senate. First, he invites unfortunate episodes like the Netanyahu speech, which in fairness was an infringement by congress on Obama's authority. Or, this letter, which again is an encroachment onto exclusive Executive Branch territory. Second, he puts himself on the hook with full responsibility instead of sharing it with the Senate. Third, he makes any agreement politically toxic for a republican president to observe.
You don't know the first thing about Libertarians, so it's not surprising that you have no clue what they would do.
In the long run for the future of America, correctamundo. But not time for that yet. First, we have to stop the Democrap/Progressive Left. A vote for Libertarians is a waste at this time. More important to get ANYONE BUT THE LIBTARDS INTO POWER! "Hold your nose and vote Republican"... not ideal, but the lesser of evils.
ask yourself, "Would I be better off or worse off if for the last 6 years if the government did absolutely nothing?"