August 18, 2015
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Did Republicans Just Give Up on Killing the Iran Deal? (Martin Matishak, August 18, 2015, The Fiscal Times)
It looks like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) may have thrown in the towel on the GOP's effort to stop the Iran nuclear deal from going into effect.To reject the pact designed to rein in Tehran's nuclear ambitions, a majority of Congress would need to vote against it. But a two-thirds majority would be required to overcome the president's promised veto of the resolution of disapproval, including at least 13 Democrats in the Senate, something McConnell admitted looks unlikely.
The whole point of the deal was that it would allow them to vent rhetorically but not to have any impact on the agreement with Iran.
Posted by Orrin Judd at August 18, 2015 5:22 PM
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