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Mitch McConnell is postponing a vote on the Senate’s Iran legislation in the face of an expected Democratic filibuster.

The Senate majority leader has decided to delay a Tuesday vote on legislation that would allow Congress to approve or reject any nuclear agreement that global powers reach to scale back Iran’s nuclear ambitions. He informed the Senate Republican Conference of the decision on Thursday afternoon following Senate Democrats’ decision to vote against advancing the bill before March 24.

s clear that Senate Democrats will filibuster their own bill—a bill they rushed to introduce before the White House cut a deal with Iran. So, instead, the Senate will turn next to the anti-human-trafficking legislation while Democrats decide whether or not they believe they and Congress as a whole should be able to review and vote on any deal the President cuts with the leaders of Iran,” said Don Stewart, a spokesman for McConnell.



In a move that blindsided several of the bipartisan legislation’s supporters, McConnell announced just two hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Tuesday address to Congress that the Senate would speed to a vote on the legislation. But the bill still has not gone through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Democrats, led by the hawkish Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, have accused McConnell of circumventing the process by setting up a floor vote before the bill had been considered in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Menendez led a letter to McConnell on Wednesday signed by eight additional Democratic senators and Independent Angus King accusing the leader of trying to score “partisan political points” by circumventing the committee. One of the letter’s signees, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, dinged McConnell on Thursday afternoon for “injecting politics into the U.S. Israel relationship.”

“The relationship between the United States and Israel is at its strongest when both parties are working in tandem, and those of us that value that relationship are glad that Leader McConnell backed off,” Schumer said.

Though the Democrats’ letter assured that President Barack Obama’s team and fellow negotiating nations have a couple weeks of breathing room to finalize a deal with Iran, it also indicated that that the Iran legislation could eventually garner a veto-proof majority. The Senate may eventually need that supermajority given the White House’s view that any vote on Iran legislation could jeopardize ongoing negotiations.


The Iran legislation written by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) started with six sponsors from the Democratic Caucus, but the Menendez letter indicated four more Democrats may back the legislation.

“The strongest signal we can send to the U.S. negotiators is having a veto proof majority in support of Congress weighing in on any final nuclear deal with Iran,” Corker said. “I greatly appreciate the Majority Leader’s commitment to getting the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act across the finish line by allowing the vote to occur at a time when we will more likely generate a veto proof majority.”

The Senate will vote on a human trafficking bill on Tuesday instead of the Iran bill.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/iran-vote-mcconnell-postpones-115797.html#ixzz3Tc7yzkUh

There can be no "deal" without Senatorial advice and consent. Article II, section 2. Supermajority vote required.

Well, after reading that article i am totally confused. That, along with the title of this thread, has muddied the water for me. Sounds like double talk from some of the demon-crat senators.

Netanyahu's speech was a failure in every way.

It was applauded only by ZioNazi sympathizers and the politicians who are addicted to campaign contributions from those ZioNazi sympathizers.

The rest of the world just laughs and shakes its head in amused amazement at the stupidity.

You don't happen to own a pitbull and chickens, do you?

How was it a failure or for that matter a success?

Simply put it was a political speech made by a politician. No different than our politicians who never stop making speeches. How about go home and do your job?

Same should/could be said of our non stop speech makers. Show me the money boys!

Kinda like everyone thinks of you. ( the stupid part)

Gutshitbuck couldn't understand a word Netanyahu said and even if he could, he has to follow the democratic party line, they tell him what to think and what to say.

As far as the world laughing, that's true, only they are laughing at the stupidity of Hussein Obama and his followers and failing policies. The rest of the world wishes for a real US president in the next term.

But how would GSB know that, since he never travelled further than 50 miles from the place he was born.

Hopefully, a real US President will look a lot more like this:






FC

Chickenschitt for brains McConnell needs to grow a pair & drop the nuclear option on the Dems for both votes & to cut off filibusters after 1 day.

That's exactly how the Demoncrats passed O'care.

Why he refuses to do it now is beyond my comprehension.

MM

LOL!

I love the way you (MontanaMan, Czechmade, and Farmer) cannot resist making these inept, awkward personal attacks on me and flaunting your profound ignorance.

Be careful or I'll have to put you on ignore.

We dont have to, your lack of education, travel and experience only proves that young cretin becomes an old cretin.

Just get back to your corner and play with your foreskin, stupid.

Gut shots are almost always fatal. Such was true in this case, too.

Good riddance.

McConnell isn't running the senate.

McConnell is complicit in what's happening to the country.

No, what is amazing is that Obama's agenda is the stir shlt between Red and Blue, Black and White, Conservative and Liberal, cross his arms, sit back and watch from the golf course as America tears itself to pieces.

Time for someone to start sending SOS to anyone that can assist.

I look for a magical moment in time when we can all breath a sigh of relief..

Be vigilant!

How was it a failure?

It gave Obummer indigestion and heart burn for a week, plus his Muslim panties are tied in a knot, and that is a positive in my book.

Why would somebody brag about shooting deer in the gut in the first place?

Why doesn't the senate use the nuclear option which the democrats used?

First Netanyahu has to win his own election. Liberal sources are posting liberal polls that are close.