Pollak: Trump Should Send Iran Deal, Paris Agreement to Senate
President Trump can deter Joe Biden from re-entering the Iran deal and the Paris Agreement by submitting both to the Senate for ratification (and rejection).
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Trump to Hannity: North Korea Deal ‘Must Be Approved by Congress’
President Donald Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Tuesday that any deal with North Korea must be approved by Congress.
Pollak: In Leaving Iran Deal, Trump Ends Obama’s Legacy of Appeasement
President Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday that the U.S. is leaving the Iran deal marks the end of what his predecessor, Barack Obama, considered his main foreign policy legacy.
‘Facts First’ Fail: CNN Covers up How Bob Corker Helped the Iran Deal
CNN’s new “facts first” slogan fell flat Tuesday when reporter Jeremy Diamond attempted to fact-check President Donald Trump’s claim that Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) helped ease the passage of the Iran deal.
Defeating the Obama-Kerry Climate (Non)Treaty
Both Congress and private businesses can stop President Barack Obama’s climate non-treaty that Secretary John Kerry emptily announced from Paris this week.
Blue State Blues: A Senate Without Virtue, or Pride
The Iran deal will fail to muster enough votes to override an anticipated presidential veto. In the Senate, it may even fail to gather enough votes to stop Democrats from filibustering. The fact that Minority Leader Harry Reid wants to protect his members from having to vote on the Iran deal at all tells us exactly how bad it is. But it also tells us how weak the Republican opposition to the Iran deal has been from the start. And there must be political consequences.
John Kerry Mocks the Constitution
When he was sworn in as Secretary of State, John Kerry took a solemn oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
The Fatal Flaw in the Corker Bill on Iran
The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act appears to be the most effective way for Congress to stop President Barack Obama from appeasing the Iranian regime with a bad nuclear deal. The “Corker-Mendez-Graham” bill, or the “Corker Bill,” would require President Obama to submit the final Iran deal to Congress. Yet the text of the bill now before Congress would actually make an Iran deal easier to approve–and would do so by gutting the Senate’s constitutional power over treaties.
