CA U.S. House Democrats Vote Against Water Relief for CA | 'Congress Balks At Obama's UN Move On Iran Deal'

Today in Washington, D.C. - July 17, 2015:

The House adjourned yesterday at 1:23 PM. It will reconvene at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, July 20, 2015. Yesterday the passed H.R. 2898 (245-176) — The Western Water and American Food Security Act - "To provide drought relief in the State of California, and for other purposes." 240 Republicans voted to aide California, whereas 175 Democrats voted against the bill. California has 38 Democrats and 15 Republicans Representatives. All 15 Republicans and 1 Democrat (Jim Costa, District 16) voted for for drought Relief. However, 37 Democrat Representatives from CA voted NO for drought relief and property rights for Californians. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other well know liberal activists like Xavier Becerra and Maxine Waters were on the "No Lift.". While the U.S. House voted to aid California part of America's "Bread basket", all of California's House Democrat save one were crying "we don't need no stinkin' water" relief.

Editor Snark: If all of California's "Democrat" U.S. Representative and the "criminally active" illegals were deported, would California return to being an economic and farming success for America?

Yesterday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) addressed the attack on U.S. Marines in Chattanooga, Tennessee: “Today’s cowardly attack is a reminder that our men and women in uniform are under constant threat, no matter where they serve. I’m deeply saddened by this loss of life, and on behalf of the whole House, offer condolences to the families who lost loved ones today. Our thoughts and prayers are with them, the people of Tennessee, and all of our troops.”

The Senate reconvened at 10:40 AM today for a pro forma session. On Tuesday afternoon, the Senate will vote on cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 22, the vehicle for the highways bill.

Yesterday, the Senate voted 81-17 to pass S. 1177, the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015. Prior to that vote, the Senate voted 79-18 to invoke cloture on the bill.

The Senate voted on at least 23 amendments to the bill, more votes than the Senate held in all of 2014 under a Democrat majority. The Washington Post says of S. 1177, “The Senate bill would significantly reduce the authority of the U.S. Department of Education…”

Congressional frustration with the Obama administration is boiling over with its latest attempt at an end run, taking the agreement negotiated with Iran to the United Nations Security Council before Congress has even held a hearing on it.

CNN writes , “In what could be a serious problem for White House, the bipartisan leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday blasted an Obama administration decision to bring the Iran nuclear agreement for action in the United Nations Security Council next week before Congress weighs in on it.

“Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, called the move ‘highly problematic’ and said it was ‘an affront to the American people’ and to Congress.

“‘The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, a bill which 98 Senators and 400 Representatives supported and you signed, established a 60-day period for Congress to consider the nuclear agreement. We are deeply concerned that your administration plans to enable the United Nations Security Council to vote on the agreement before the United States Congress can do the same,’ Corker and Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, wrote in a letter to President Barack Obama. . . .

“Cardin raised his concerns directly with Vice President Joe Biden, who was on the Hill selling the Iran deal in a closed-door session with Democrats on the committee. ‘I think it is somewhat presumptuous to take it to the UN for a vote before the Congressional review is over,’ Cardin told reporters after the meeting. ‘That's why I think it would be better for them not to do it that way.’

The chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security Committees, Reps. Ed Royce (R-CA) and Michael McCaul (R-TX) also sent a letter to the White House protesting this plan of action.

They write, “[T]he United States Congress should be given the opportunity to consider the final text of this hugely consequential agreement before action at the United Nations. . . . Any U.S.-supported effort to lift UN sanctions before Congress has weighed-in on the terms of the agreement would undermine our oversight responsibilities and violate the spirit of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, which you signed into law.  It is distressing that your Administration would afford Russia and China the opportunity to vote on the final agreement before the American people’s representatives do. The full 60 day review period and parliamentary procedures prescribed by the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act should be allowed to play out before action at the Security Council.”

Politico adds, “President Barack Obama has a new hurdle to selling his Iran deal on Capitol Hill: Bipartisan opposition to his decision to submit the nuclear accord to the United Nations before Congress votes on the agreement.

“Cardin, the top Democrat on the committee, questioned Vice President Joe Biden about the matter during a closed door meeting with committee Democrats on Thursday. He said Biden responded with an explanation of the ‘differences between the executive and legislative branches.’ That didn’t satisfy Cardin, who said Obama should put the brakes on UN consideration until Congress has 60 days to review the bill, a period that technically hasn’t even started yet because the agreement has not been formally submitted to Capitol Hill.

“‘There was nothing to be lost by waiting until after the review period was over,’ Cardin said in an interview. ‘It could be inconsistent [with how Congress votes] and therefore it would have been better if that had been deferred until after the 60-day period.’ . . .

“Corker called Obama’s move an ‘affront to the American people.’ He chastised U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power by telephone on Thursday morning and said because Congress has not yet voted on lifting sanctions that are crucial to the deal, the UN is moving forward on an international agreement they may not be able to implement.

“‘I question the judgment of our president,’ Corker told reporters, fuming into the microphones as Biden escaped a press scrum down a narrow flight of stairs. ‘This is exactly what we were trying to stop. We wanted the American people to understand this agreement before it went in place.’”

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