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Bust: Iran opponents' August fail
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/bust-iran-opponents-august-fail-213149Critics of the Iran deal believed the August congressional recess was their best chance to scuttle the nuclear accord, as wavering lawmakers returned home to angry protesters and a barrage of TV ads. The longer the deal hung out there, they figured, the worse it would be for President Barack Obama.
Instead, the monthlong break has been a major bust.
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A planned Sept. 9 rally against the deal featuring Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), meanwhile, threatens to drive wavering Democrats into the yes column. Cruz has questioned whether Democrats “value the lives and safety of millions of Americans more than they value partisan loyalty to the White House” — a message not likely to play well with undecided Democrats.
AIPAC also plans one final lobbying blitz before the planned mid-September vote on a resolution of disapproval of the Iran agreement, according to sources close to the group.
With momentum moving in Obama’s direction — on Sunday, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley became the 31st Senate Democrat to endorse the Iran accord — the White House is now openly pushing to crush the resolution in the Senate. The hope is to prevent the resolution from ever reaching the president's desk, but if it does get through Congress, a veto looks certain to be sustained. Obama needs just three of the 13 undecided Democratic senators remaining to side with him; in the House, he appears to already have the votes to uphold a veto.
Instead, the monthlong break has been a major bust.
...
A planned Sept. 9 rally against the deal featuring Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), meanwhile, threatens to drive wavering Democrats into the yes column. Cruz has questioned whether Democrats “value the lives and safety of millions of Americans more than they value partisan loyalty to the White House” — a message not likely to play well with undecided Democrats.
AIPAC also plans one final lobbying blitz before the planned mid-September vote on a resolution of disapproval of the Iran agreement, according to sources close to the group.
With momentum moving in Obama’s direction — on Sunday, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley became the 31st Senate Democrat to endorse the Iran accord — the White House is now openly pushing to crush the resolution in the Senate. The hope is to prevent the resolution from ever reaching the president's desk, but if it does get through Congress, a veto looks certain to be sustained. Obama needs just three of the 13 undecided Democratic senators remaining to side with him; in the House, he appears to already have the votes to uphold a veto.
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