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Title: KERRY: CONGRESS CAN VOTE AS LONG AS IT DOESN’T INTERFERE WITH OBAMA’S DEAL
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URL Source: http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015 ... nt-interfere-with-obamas-deal/
Published: Apr 8, 2015
Author: by PAM KEY
Post Date: 2015-04-08 21:24:30 by out damned spot
Keywords: Kerry, Iran
Views: 1036
Comments: 7
Wednesday on PBS “NewsHour,” Secretary of State John Kerry articulated the administration’s new position on Sen. Bob Corker’s (R-TN) bill demanding Congress get a vote on the merits of President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, in light of prominent Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) supporting the bill this week.
Making it clear the bill can not “interfere” with the president’s deal, Kerry said “if it’s changed and adjusted and reflects the respect for the Constitution and the president’s prerogatives,” then Congress can vote.
Kerry said “The president is absolutely correct in making sure that what Congress does, does not assault presidential authority and the Constitution and doesn’t destroy his ability to be able to negotiate this final deal. That’s critical. And the president has said, if the bill is what it is today, written the same way it is today, then he’d veto it.”
Adding “But if it’s changed and adjusted, reflects the respect for the Constitution and the president’s prerogatives, while at the same time embracing congressional oversight and review, fine.”
“One other thing I would say to you is—Congress is going to vote.,” he continued. “Congress can vote any day it wants to. You know, the majority leader has the right to bring something to the floor and have a vote. So this is really, I think, a little bit excessive. The truth is, also, Congress will have to vote to lift, ultimately, some of the sanctions which are congressionally mandated. So we all understand the process here and I just think we need to be serious in a way that does not interfere with the president’s ability to pursue the foreign policy interests of our nation.”
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“The president is absolutely correct in making sure that what Congress does, does not assault presidential authority and the Constitution and doesn’t destroy his ability to be able to negotiate this final deal.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.â€
#2. To: out damned spot (#0)
Kerry hasn't changed a bit since his old days fabricating three wounds to get out of the navy.
#3. To: out damned spot (#0)
“One other thing I would say to you is—Congress is going to vote.,” he continued. “Congress can vote any day it wants to. You know, the majority leader has the right to bring something to the floor and have a vote. So this is really, I think, a little bit excessive. The truth is, also, Congress will have to vote to lift, ultimately, some of the sanctions which are congressionally mandated. So we all understand the process here and I just think we need to be serious in a way that does not interfere with the president’s ability to pursue the foreign policy interests of our nation.”
Kerry is pretty much correct.
Hog, acorn.
#4. To: out damned spot (#0)
"The people's representatives can have a vote but it has to go my way!".... /sarc
#5. To: patriot wes (#4)
"The people's representatives can have a vote but it has to go my way!".... /sarc
Sounds like the "free" elections they have in some backwater African country.
#6. To: out damned spot (#0)
"The Constitution gives to the Senate the sole power to approve, by a two- thirds vote, treaties negotiated by the executive branch. The treaty is amendable and it is open for amendment at any point, with any amendments proposed by the Foreign Relations Committee being considered first.
Once the amending process is complete and there is no further debate or amendment, the Senate does not vote on approving the treaty. Instead, the Senate takes up a resolution of ratification, by which the Senate formally gives its advice and consent, empowering the president to proceed with ratification."
#7. To: misterwhite (#6)
Congress gave away much of its foreign policy responsibility by accepting and respecting the use of executive memorandums instead of formal treaties.
At this point, half of the formal relations we have with governments around the world are based solely on some president's executive agreement, not on a binding legal treaty.
Treaties have become the exception rather than the norm in American diplomacy.
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