At least 150 House Democrats signed onto a letter supporting Joe Biden’s plan to work with Iran to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, The Hill reported on Thursday.
The letter reads: “We are united in our support for swiftly taking the necessary diplomatic steps to restore constraints on Iran’s nuclear program and return both Iran and the United States to compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as a starting point for further negotiations.”
The letter first began circulating in the House earlier this month. The effort was led by Reps Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and David Price (D-SC).
Such strong support from House Democrats is a good sign for the future of the JCPOA. Biden has said he plans to return to the JCPOA but will face a lot of pressure from opponents of the deal, including Israel, the Gulf states, and Republicans in Congress.
Some Republican Senators have signaled that they will attempt to block Biden’s efforts to revive the JCPOA through legislation. But with 150 House Democrats in favor of the deal, any bill aimed at sabotaging the JCPOA would not have a veto-proof majority in the House.
Iranian leaders have made it clear that they are willing to immediately return to the JCPOA if the Biden administration lifts sanctions.
Let’s note that in the US ‘democracy,’ i.e. “a system of government by the whole population through elected representatives,” the president regularly acts on his own. And in the Middle East that’s usually because the congress has been bought off by a foreign country, Israel.
In the case of the JCPOA, it was President Obama acting alone, exceeding his constitutional power “by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur.” None of that for Obama. Executive privilege.
And now we have Obama’s poodle Biden somehow gaining the support of 150 in the House which means a lot in terms of countering Israel but nothing in terms of the constitution. But hey, it’s not a treaty it’s an agreement, slicing some salami.
And the US claims it is a constitutional democracy? It isn’t.
Acting alone? Even Putin was in on it.
Interesting example of constitutional abridgement you have chosen….
Funny though how there is never any outcry over the anti-Iran UN resolutions that we do honor.
will Kamala allow biden out of the basement? to her credit she has installed life alert there
What do the two Zios Messrs. Klaid and (Stinkin’) Blinken have to say about this? Israel has the final word, as always.