Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner have it in their power to prevent the Iran nuclear deal from going ahead, on the grounds the administration has not produced all the documentation as required by law, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) argued Wednesday.
“There are two men in Washington D.C. who can defeat this deal,” Cruz told a Tea Party Patriots-organized rally on Capitol Hill, protesting against the Iran agreement.
“Under the terms of the Corker-Cardin review legislation, the clock does not begin ticking until the president hands over the entire deal, and he has not handed over the side agreements.
“What that means is that all that has to happen is for Mitch McConnell and John Boehner to say: ‘The congressional review period has not started. Under federal law, it is illegal for Obama to lift sanctions [against Iran],’” said Cruz, one of 17 Republicans campaigning for the party’s 2016 presidential nomination.
“Mitch McConnell and John Boehner can stop this deal if they simply enforce – if they simply enforce federal law.”
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Why can't anybody else enforce the Federal Law? Why only these 2 people?
ReplyDeleteThe law he cites does not apply and he knows it.
ReplyDeleteIt actually comes down to one - McConnell....
ReplyDeleteCorker-Cardin is irrelevant - this is a treaty - which is required to be approved by two-thirds of the Senate (only). McConnell alone can bring up a vote in the Senate to stop this.....
No one should vote for it!!!
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