In order to pull off this cheat, Obama is using a loophole in the law.
He is exploiting a loophole in the law, which states that the Act only applies to “statutory sanctions”—i.e. those passed by Congress. Other sanctions are within the power of the president to impose or remove. (There is another loophole, too: even statutory sanctions have a waiver provision that allows the president to remove them for reasons of national security.) Corker is reportedly angry, but there is nothing that he can do.
At the time the Corker bill was passed, critics (including this author) focused on the fact that the bill lowered the threshold for passing an international agreement. Instead of requiring a two-thirds majority for approval in the Senate, the Iran deal would now require a simple majority for approval in both houses, and a two-thirds majority to rejectthe deal by overriding the president’s veto.
Other critics, notably Andrew C. McCarthy, warned that the text President Obama gave to Congress would not necessarily be the one that he submitted to the UN Security Council.
But even that criticism assumed Obama would present the Iran deal to Congress first. Instead, he is going to the UN first, avoiding Congress entirely regarding core aspects of the deal.
That means that when Congress considers the deal, it will not be able to review the entire agreement. Certain aspects will be out of its hands and impossible to reverse.
Furthermore, even if Congress later rejects the agreement it certainly can’t call all the world powers back to the negotiating table.
Congress must accept the U.S. sanctions unilaterally – and Obama can still lift those as he sees fit.
As Breitbart explains, there is only ONE WAY Congress can exercise oversight on this matter, and as wimpy as they are, the will certainly not do it:
Unless the UN vote is delayed, there is only one way for Congress to exercise its full oversight powers on the Iran deal: the agreement could be introduced into the Senate as a treaty. That is the only way to stop Obama from implementing the agreement. But that, in turn, depends on Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) allowing such a vote to come to the floor—which he will not.
The problem remains that under the Corker bill, it does not matter whether Congress rejects the Iran deal. Obama will use what he claims to be his executive powers to implement the deal, regardless.
With pen in hand,,, par for course.
This is a snake
This is not right, the UN does not have power over America!!
Send O TRAITOR back to Kenya
where he belongs !!!!!
Treason