Senators Cory Booker (D – NJ), Mark Warner (D – VA), and Heidi Heitkamp (D – ND) have all come out in favor of the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran, bringing the number of senators in favor of the deal to 37. 7 more, all Democrats, remain undecided.
This comes a day after they reached the 34 supporters number needed to uphold a presidential veto of a bill attempting to block the deal, but now the focus is on trying to get the 41 votes needed to support a filibuster of the bill, saving the president from having to veto it at all.
Heavy lobbying from AIPAC was expected to make this a much closer vote than it turned out to be, and not getting a vote at all would be a real blow to the group’s much-vaunted influence. former Sen. Joe Lieberman (D – CT), who is among those leading AIPAC’s campaign, called the defeat “unfair.”
Even if the promised veto means the bill just isn’t going to pass, the filibuster seems to have both sides still campaigning hard on those last seven undecided senators, and is likely to remain the public focus even as both the Republican leadership and AIPAC look to offer new bills that will undermine the nuclear deal.
Iran Deal could bring some much needed stability to that region.
USG wars for profit have created turmoil throughout Afghanistan,
Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. We see the terrible backlash with the
unfortunate migrants forced to flee these shattered countries.
I also support the Dems who stood up against ACRAP and decided
to endorse the Iran Deal. I'm not a political hack, so, I couldn't
give a damn about ACRAP, Nuttyahoo and their Repug flunkies.
There is now a bill circulating in Congress, drafted by AIPAC, to provide Israel with B-1 bombers. Not just the B-52, now they want a squadron of B-1's.
They have no shame. They have no sense of limits in their arrogance.
They dared all this, and think that defeat in all this means they should get more. The same bill has been said to go "up to $5 billion" in annual aid, from the current $3.2 billion.
This is insane.
That was probably the end game anyway for Netanyahu.
Make a fuss and then blackmail us into giving more.
Given the dirt that Barry's NSA undoubtedly has on all the political filth this thing is much more dramatic than it needs to be.