End of Day Report: Obama Breaks Law He Signed; Don't Give Up
Gary Bauer |
When the New York Times last year leaked the news that the Obama White House would not submit his nuclear deal with Iran to the Senate for ratification as a treaty, members of Congress were outraged. In a rare moment of bi-partisan agreement, Democrats and Republicans came together to demand that Congress have some say on the most important foreign policy decision of this administration.
In May, the Senate passed the Iran Nuclear Review Act by a vote of 98-to-1. The House of Representatives passed the bill by 400-to-25 and President Obama signed the act into law.
In order to get President Obama to accept congressional review of this deal, members of Congress agreed to turn the treaty ratification process on its head. Instead of the president needing a two-thirds super-majority vote to approve a treaty, opponents would need a two-thirds super-majority vote to block implementation of the deal.
Many conservatives, myself included, were not happy with this so-called "compromise."
The most important concession that Congress extracted from Obama was that he had to submit to Congress the whole deal, including side agreements. It is now clear that he has failed to do that.
Over the weekend, Rep. Mike Pompeo, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, and David Rivkin, a constitutional law expert, explained in the Washington Post that the Obama Administration was withholding a key side agreement between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Moreover, the Iran Nuclear Review Act stated that the president had until September 7th -- yesterday -- to submit all "additional materials," including "side agreements."
Rep. Pompeo and Mr. Rivkin write that the House and Senate "should vote to register their view that the president has not complied with his obligations under the act . . . and that, as a result, the president remains unable to lift statutory sanctions against Iran." Should the president attempt to do so, Congress should take him to court.
My friend Bill Kristol, chairman of the Emergency Committee for Israel, agrees with this analysis, and so do I. But it is up to the congressional leadership to make that happen.
Don't Give Up!
Today, I addressed a press conference on Capitol Hill, hosted by the Endowment for Middle East Truth and other organizations concerned about our national security. I denounced the deal as a sellout of our security to a dangerous regime that calls for the destruction of Israel and the United States, and which is responsible for the death and maiming of thousands of U.S. soldiers.
Tomorrow, I will be speaking at a major rally against the Iranian nuclear deal hosted by the Tea Party Patriots. Speakers include Donald Trump, Senator Ted Cruz, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin and other prominent public officials and grassroots leaders.
I am doing everything possible to fight this terrible deal and will continue speaking out even after the last vote is cast. Military leaders oppose this deal. Arms control experts oppose this deal. And the American people oppose this deal. We will hold the politicians accountable!
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Gary Bauer is a conservative family values advocate and serves as president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families
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