Do Democrats have the backbone to step forward and oppose their president ? Without their assistance in overiding the Obama veto, this deal surely moves forward

JERUSALEM POST
by Herb Keinon
July 14, 2015

Will Israel be more or less likely to get what it needs in terms of security guarantees from the US following a bruising battle with Obama in Congress?

Few prospects are more displeasing to Israeli policy-makers and long-term strategists than the thought of doing battle with a US president in public, and in Congress to boot. One of those more displeasing prospects, however, is the specter of a nuclear Iran. And this is why, over the next two months, Israel will likely wage what is essentially a lose-lose battle to get Congress to reject removing US sanctions against Iran and essentially vote down the Iran nuclear accord agreed upon in Vienna on Tuesday. Earlier this year, Congress gave itself the power to review the accord and, if it so desires, to vote on it. A vote against removing US sanctions would trigger a presidential veto – as President Barack Obama said clearly on Tuesday – and 67 senators and 290 representatives would be needed to override it. READ MORE