Midknight Review -- new and revised: Does the Senate have the power to stop a bogus Iranian deal?

The post-Senate bill giving that house review of any proposed deal with Iran by the Obama Administration, has been sharply criticized by the Right Wing of the GOP, as "meaningless" in view of the fact after the Senate's review, there is no reason to believe a Senate rejection of the "deal" would hold up against a Presidential veto. True or false?

As it turns out, the "Corker Bill" (named after the primary sponsor of the bill) only guaranteed a Senate review. An Obama veto of that proposal was "veto proof," which explains why Obama finally agreed to the bill.

But the treaty, itself, after Senate review, may not survive Senate rejection:

Proponents of the legislation, such as Republican co-author Senator Bob Corker, say the bill gives Congress a chance to review an Iran agreement and could stop Obama from lifting sanctions during the review process. Critics, however, want to strengthen the bill's mechanisms and lower the threshold necessary for Congress to disapprove the deal. Their hope is to be able to ultimately stop Obama from at least lifting those sanctions created by Congress, as opposed to the ones created through executive order or the United Nations Security Council. Boehner's comments this weekend confirm their suspicions that Corker's bill is too weak to stop Obama from implementing a bad Iran deal. (see Bloomberg for the larger article).

We should not assume that this issue will be a problem, however. To date and after 17 months of negotiations, there is no "deal." Nothing could be more of an embarrassment to Obama, than to come to the end of his presidency, without a deal, and to know that the next president, might not honor the work done on this deal, especially if that president turns out to be a Republican.

So far, all we have is a lot of talk and nothing to show for it. Maybe, just maybe, we are all worried about something that will not happen. I mean, Obama has failed in so many issues he has proposed to accomplished. A failure to make an Iranian deal, would only add to a legacy of failure, for Obama.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

Does the Senate have the power to stop a bogus Iranian deal?

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