Hard to accuse the House of Representatives, with its Republican majority, of being inactive. The problem is the goal of their activities, a goal which is largely destructive. Impeachment? Waste of time. Blocking the recent nuclear deal with Iran? Positively insane.
House Republicans are considering various legislative options that would either tacitly or explicitly rip the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran. ...TheHill
Worse, a few Democrats may be willing to join this campaign with implicit support from Democratic Senator Charles Schumer.
One option would be pressuring the Senate to consider new sanctions on Iran. The House this summer passed a bill with bipartisan support to do just that, 400-20.
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has repeatedly noted that the House passed an Iran sanctions bill and that it is sitting in the Senate.
Contrary to the wishes of the White House, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Schumer have indicated the upper chamber will tackle a companion bill next week.
The other option for House Republicans would be a resolution to formally disapprove of the interim deal.
“I think that we should have a sense of the House that we oppose the deal,” said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), a senior Foreign Affairs Committee member. ...TheHill
Somehow or other, they manage to drag it all back to Obamacare. Texas Senator John Cornyn has opined that the whole Iran deal was part of a effort to distract Americans from the "disastrous rollout" of the Affordable Care Act.
Which, admit it, sounds a lot like a schoolyard taunt, not an honorable Senatorial objection.
