By Gary Bauer, President American Values
As Americans rallied on Capitol Hill demanding more resistance to the Iran nuclear deal, Speaker John Boehner changed course late yesterday. There is a growing consensus that President Obama failed to meet his legal obligations under the Iran Nuclear Review Act, so the speaker scrapped plans for just one vote.
The House will reportedly vote on three resolutions:
A resolution to approve the deal. This vote forces lawmakers to go on the record for or against the deal and will show how little support it has in Congress. This is an important distinction because recent polling found that 66% of likely voters believe that the deal should not go into effect unless Congress approves it — and it won’t.
The second resolution will reportedly rebuke President Obama for failing to submit the secret side deals between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The final resolution would stipulate that U.S. sanctions against Iran are to remain in place.
One reason for this new approach is that if President Obama ignores the will of Congress, as he is likely to do, this series of votes provides the foundation for a legal challenge to stop the deal. The House is effectively stating that the president’s deal is unenforceable because he violated the terms of the Iran Nuclear Review Act.
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It is all legislative kabuki, creating imagery that is the diametrical opposite of reality. Here is a typical example of how it’s done:
Republican members of Congress spend the vast majority of their time deceiving their own voters. It seems an impossibility that anyone could be more dishonest than the deceitful Democrats, but somehow the Repugs manage to accomplish it.