Corker-Menendez passed the Senate 98-1 last May with EVERY Democrat supporting it. The bill required Obama to provide all the details of the deal (which he hasn’t) and then the Senate could vote up or down. Now the White House welcomes a filibuster in order to avoid a vote where history will record the Senate’s actions.
PJ MEDIA
by Debra Heine
September 9, 2015
Republicans are united in their opposition to the president’s nuclear accord with Iran, but are divided on the best way to throw a wrench in the works, if not stop it entirely. The House was scheduled to vote on a procedural motion to begin debate on Wednesday, but the vote was delayed after conservatives said they wanted Obama to provide more information about the deal. It was recently discovered that the nuclear pact includes “secret side deals” about nuclear inspections. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) argued that the best way to express concerns about the deal was to vote to disapprove of it and “go forward in that manner.” But by Tuesday, Democrats had mustered 42 votes in the Senate, more than enough to block a disapproval resolution. READ MORE