As I'm sure you know by now, the Senate failed for a third
time today to invoke "cloture" on the Obama-Iran deal vote. That
means the Senate will never actually vote on the "Corker Catastrophe"
that was designed to ensure that the people's representatives in Congress had a
voice in the President's dirty deal with the terrorist regime.
Instead, Obama will proceed with his illegal Iran deal
WITHOUT ANY CONGRESSIONAL MAJORITY VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE TREATY. America's "Divider-in-Chief"
has NO bi-partisan support on any vote related to his dirty deal with Iran. So
when did we lose the debate on the Iran agreement?
May 15. That's when Congress passed the "Corker
Catastrophe," which ceded power over the Iran deal to a minority of Senate
Democrats. Shortly after the Senate voted on and approved Sen. Bob Corker's
(R-TN) S. 615
legislation this past spring, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said the
bill "is unlikely to stop a bad Iran deal." He insisted that it
"contains a provision inserted at the insistence of Senate Democrats,
which will allow Congress to appear to vote against the deal while tacitly allowing
it to go into effect."
It's a strategy that has become the hallmark of the
Boehner-McConnell leadership and is now being called, "Surrender, then
play-fight."
First, GOP leaders surrender their Constitutional duties and
hard-fought political authority to the President due to fear
of the liberal media and losing the next election. Then, GOP leaders create lots
of "smoke" surrounding the votes. They complain that Obama and Democrats
are out of step with the American people and that we need to elect more
Republicans. That's play-fighting. Surrender. Then play-fight.
Thankfully, the House didn't vote on the "Corker Catastrophe"
due to a revolt by several conservative House members who forced Speaker John Boehner's
(R-OH) hand. As a result, the House GOP took the approach that Obama had broken
the Corker law by not disclosing the full
agreement to Congress. Therefore, the House had no reason to
vote on whether to reject the Iran deal as outlined by S. 615.
That's because the Obama-Iran deal has secret, hidden
provisions -- something that was explicitly banned by the Corker bill. Not only
did the President manipulate McConnell and Boehner into passing the
"Corker Catastrophe" in almost unanimous fashion, he didn't even
bother abide by its provisions!
Maybe Trump is right. "Stupid people" are running
things. Or worse. Of course, it would have been better if the House and Senate had
rejected the "Corker Catastrophe" last May instead yielding power to Obama.
McConnell chose a much more direct path to defeat than
Speaker Boehner. McConnell simply surrendered on the "Corker
Catastrophe" and allowed three cloture votes on Obama-Iran.
At the least, McConnell should have stood with the House
GOP, refused the cloture votes, declared that Obama had broken the law and threatened
immediate legal and legislative action if Obama chose to implement his unlawful
deal with Iran. Or McConnell could have invoked the so-called "nuclear
option" employed by former Senate leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and required
only a simple majority to move S. 615 to the floor for a full vote.
Instead, McConnell made lots of "smoke"
surrounding the votes and thinks he now has a 2016 election year issue with
which to pad his Senate majority and retain power.
So once again, Congressional GOP leaders have vacated their Constitutional
and positional authority in surrendering to Obama's radical and reckless
agenda. That leaves McConnell and Boehner with only one thing to do.
Wave the white flag of surrender. Literally.They need to
have the self-respect to hold a press conference and wave tiny white flags of
surrender for all to see. It would look something like this... white flag
<http://www.grassrootsaction.com/r.asp?U=619191&CID=201413&RID=44104857>
It just so happens that Grassfire is ready to deliver a few
thousand white flags of surrender to the Capitol Hill offices of GOP
"leaders."
Both McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) have a
detestable history of surrendering to America's "Radical-in-Chief."
The two GOP "leaders" have done little to stop the President from
advancing his stated goal of radically transforming our great nation. In
addition to raising a figurative "white flag" on defunding Planned
Parenthood,
McConnell and Boehner have surrendered to the Mr. Obama on
his illegal amnesty, America's debt ceiling, ObamaCare and now the President's dirty
nuke deal!
The Majority Leader and House Speaker have caved to
America's "Radical-in-Chief" so often and so completely that
grassroots conservatives are sure it will happen again.
Grassfire thinks it's time to empower our team members to
make a bold statement on Capitol Hill. We've made it possible for you to send actual
12"x18" white flags to McConnell and Boehner. That way, they'll have
them handy the next time they want to surrender to the Obama agenda.
Go here to send a "White Flag Of Surrender" to
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and another to House Speaker John
Boehner
<http://www.grassrootsaction.com/r.asp?U=619192&CID=201413&RID=44104857>
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