Thursday, April 9, 2015

Sen Schumer, Dem: Siding with Republicans on Iran policy is a terrible mistake

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/sen-schumer-and-7-other-democrats-are-making-terrible-choice-siding-gop-iran-bill?akid=12989.294211.XQB7ZX&rd=1&src=newsletter1034559&t=13

The Republicans want to stop any negotiations and force a war with Iran.  It is a Huge Mistake to give the Republicans power in stopping negotiations.

Chuck Schumer, the expected replacement as top Senate Democrat when Harry Reid retires at the end of his term, has made a big splash in the past few days by saying he supports a bill designed to give Congress the clout to wreck a deal with Iran. He is not, of course, the only Democrat backing the Corker-Menendez bill, S. 615, the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015. Since March 26, when Schumer quietly signed on as the latest of eight Democratic co-sponsors of the bill, it's had 21 co-sponsors, including one independent, Sen. Angus King of Maine.
But given his clout, Schumer could be key to making it okay for other Democrats to support the bill, giving it the 67 votes it would need to override the veto that President Obama has vowed to impose.



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