On Thursday, the Senate overwhelmingly voted 98-1 for the Iran Bill. The only man to stand alone: Tom Cotton.
He released the following statement about his vote:A nuclear-arms agreement with any adversary – especially the terror-sponsoring, Islamist Iranian regime – should be submitted as a treaty to obtain a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate as required by the Constitution.
He is referring to Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the US Constitution which states:
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The passed bill would require a competed deal to be submitted to Congress which would vote to approve or disapprove the nuclear deal within 30 days. Sanctions on Iran would not be lifted during this consideration.
The US Constitution already allows for Congress to review treaties so why did the Senate need to vote on reviewing the Iran deal? Well Obama supported the vote, if that gives you any suggestions and it has been said the vote would weaken Congress’ ability to override it.Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (TN-R) tells a different story. He suggested after the vote the passage of the bill actually gives Congress more power and takes some power back from President Obama. I guess we will have to wait and see the outcome. If the Iran nuclear bill passes Cotton and the naysayers were right.
Passage of the bill now allows U.S. negotiators to work on a nuclear deal with Iran with little interference from Congress.
Even a vote to disapprove the deal with Iran would not kill it. President Obama could veto it. Then the House and the Senate would need two-thirds majorities to override that veto.
Senator Cruz voted “yes” for the bill even though he voted “no” on cloture. He explains why:
I voted no on cloture because we should have insisted on amendments to put real teeth in this bill. Ultimately, I voted yes on final passage because it may delay, slightly, President Obama’s ability to lift the Iran sanctions and it ensures we will have a Congressional debate on the merits of the Iran deal.
The full text of the bill can be found here: Iran Review Bill