Obama Threatens To Veto Bill That Lets Congress Review Iran Deal

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM/The Hill

President Obama on Saturday threatened to veto an Iran bill proposed by a bipartisan group of senators on Friday.

The bill would require the White House to submit the nuclear agreement with Iran within five days of reaching the deal. It would also keep Obama from lifting sanctions on Iran for 60 days after the deal is reached.

"The President has been clear that now is not the time for Congress to pass additional legislation on Iran," National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said on Saturday in a statement to The Hill. "If this bill is sent to the President, he will veto it. We are in the final weeks of an international negotiation. We should give our negotiators the best chance of success, rather than complicating their efforts."

The United States, Russia, China, France, Germany, Britain and Iran must reach a deal on Iran's nuclear program by March 24.

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[djean111]

1. So Netanyahu, er, Congress, feels they must have final say over what the United States,

Russia, China, France, Germany, Britain and Iran agree on? The hubris is epic. Looks like Netanyahu is the Congressional version of ALEC, with the same obedient GOP lackeys.

[BlueCaliDem]

2. Bi-partisan?? Are these Senators itching to sabotage the negotiations that could avert war

against Iran, then?

I'm happy that President Obama has threatened to veto that overreaching bill. It's ridiculous that Congress is even meddling in foreign policy negotiations that fall under presidential powers, not Congress'. Jeezus. It's as if those Senators are finding the most creative ways in order to push for war against Iran!

And Republican Democratic Senator Menendez is quickly becoming the Democrats' next Joseph Lieberman, I see. New Jersey - please get yourself another Democratic Senator. This one is NO Democrat.

[djean111]

3. What are Menendez' aspirations? Is he starting early in sucking up to the GOP with bipartisan

bullshit, because he wants to be Prez?

[Fred Sanders]

6. I think he wants what he always wants - the adoring love of the far right Jewish vote for himself and Bibi.

[Iliyah]

4. Forever conflicts are what BiBi and the GOPs want.

There is no profit in peace per GOPs. Although I do believe that BiBi generally is concerned about his country's protection, but I do think he's going about it wrong with the constant egging on by the RWers here in the USA. Also for RWers, since Israel is the beginning and the end for RWers, I hope that majority of Israelis understand that RWers want to convert them into Christianity any means necessary.

[Fred Sanders]

5. "Threaten"? The choice of words is......interesting....always with the threats, that Obama....

[jwirr]

7. He should. They are totally ignoring the Constitution they claim to care so much about.

[MBS]

8. I agree completely! n/t

[vkkv]

9. How ridiculous, LIFTING SOME SANCTIONS is likely PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS

It's not a deal if at least SOME sanctions are lifted.

Paranoid, unwise and flaky Congressmen just want to screw up the deal with Iran.

You won't hear the full details on right wing media though. You won't hear about this part of the bill::

"" It would also keep Obama from lifting sanctions on Iran for 60 days after the deal is reached. ""