Iranian Leaders ‘Clearly’ Got Senate Letter Message, willfully ignorant Cotton Says

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Iranian Leaders ‘Clearly’ Got Senate Letter Message, Cotton Says
By Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg News (TNS)

WASHINGTON — Iranian leaders “clearly have the message now” from a letter that 47 Senate Republicans wrote warning that a future U.S. Congress could reverse any nuclear deal, the chief author said Tuesday.

President Barack Obama views the Republican-led Congress as a “nuisance,” said freshman Senator Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, as he defended the letter following criticism from U.S. allies and lawmakers including some fellow Republicans.

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Cotton said he “absolutely” stands by the decision to address the March 9 letter to Iran’s leaders. ...

“That’s because they know the offer is indefensible,” Cotton, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a former U.S. Army lieutenant, said of the Democratic criticism. He accused the administration of being unable to defend “the very bad deal that they’re about to make.”

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The missive has escalated political rancor in Washington surrounding the Iran negotiations, complicating Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker’s efforts to cobble together enough Democratic votes for legislation to require congressional review of any Iran nuclear deal to overcome an Obama veto.

Republicans hold 54 seats in the Senate and ten Democrats have said they’ll support Corker’s measure, though only after the end-of-the-month deadline passes for the current round of negotiations among the U.S., five other world powers and Iran. That’s three votes short of the number needed to override a veto.

Corker was one of seven Senate Republicans who didn’t sign the letter.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Oh, they got the message, all right.

Which is that the US has a dysfunctional legislative branch due in part to 47 hopeless dumbasses who don't understand the way their own government is supposed to work.

[Fred Sanders]

2. Yes, message recieved....all at the negotiating table had a good LOL at the funny pretend facts of fascists.