Tag Archives: Senator Bob Corker

Conservative Revolt Forces GOP To Delay Iran Vote, Alter Strategy

Posted on September 9, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

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 … Continue reading →

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How and why to kill the deal

Posted on July 25, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST by Caroline Glick July 21, 2015 If Iran remains a threat, the deal bars the US from taking any steps to counter it aside from all-out war. ….When Obama betrayed his pledge and went to the Security Council … Continue reading →

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Clever new Rubio amendment to Corker’s Iran bill: The final deal must match this month’s WH “fact sheet”

Posted on April 30, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

HOT AIR by AllahPundit April 30, 2015 You remember the “fact sheet,” don’t you? That’s the document the White House released on April 2nd, the day it reached a “framework” deal with Iran, describing the terms that Iran had allegedly … Continue reading →

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Aipac vs. Pro-Israel Republicans

Posted on April 26, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

BLOOMBERG by Eli Lake and Josh Rogin April 24, 2015 The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has been quietly pressing Republicans to oppose a series of pro-Israel amendments that lawmakers will try to add to the Iran legislation coming up for debate on … Continue reading →

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Senate panel unanimously backs Iran bill

Posted on April 14, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

POLITICO by Burgess Everett April 14, 2015 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved legislation Tuesday that would allow Congress to review and potentially reject President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. After months of lobbying against the bill, the administration … Continue reading →

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Pelosi comes out against Iran bill

Posted on April 8, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

THE HILL by Mike Lillis April 8, 2015 House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday announced she will oppose legislation empowering Congress to review the White House’s nuclear deal with Iran. The California Democrat said the proposal, sponsored by Senate … Continue reading →

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NY’s Schumer Not Puppet for Obama on Iran ‘Deal’

Posted on April 6, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

JEWISH PRESS by Lori Lowenthal Marcus April 7, 2015 Many hard-core Israel supporters thought all hopes of preventing a bad Iran deal was lost when powerful New York Senator Chuck Schumer (D) recently learned he would soon attain a long-coveted … Continue reading →

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White House blitzes Hill on Iran

Posted on March 19, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

POLITICO by Manu Raju and Burgess Everett March 17, 2015 The White House is moving aggressively to limit Democratic defections on Capitol Hill that could undermine its negotiations with Iran, dispatching senior officials and President Barack Obama himself to lobby … Continue reading →

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Obama vows veto of new [AIPAC endorsed] Senate legislation ensuring vote on Iran deal

Posted on February 28, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST by Michael Wilner February 28, 2015 Four Senators have introduced a bill that would grant Congress the opportunity to approve, or disapprove, of a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran negotiated by the Obama administration. Under the pen for several months, the … Continue reading →

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