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Showing posts with label Congressional approval of treaties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Congressional approval of treaties. Show all posts

Thursday, March 19, 2015

When The President Exempts Himself And The White House From The Freedom Of Information Act, You Know He Is Hiding Something!

by
Michael Walsh
March 18, 2015 - 7:14 am
Starting with the rise of the Watermelon Men: green on the outside, red on the inside — phony “climate change” concern trolls whose ostensible “enivronmentalism” masks the socialist, civilization-destroying agenda within:
 President Barack Obama is quietly but steadily working behind the scenes on what could become one of his signature achievements: A global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
What he’s seeking out of the December U.N. climate talks in Paris would create the broadest, farthest-reaching deal in history, reworking environmental regulations for governments and corporations around the world and creating a framework for global green policy for decades.Republicans in Congress, sensing what he’s up to, are already saying no. And Obama’s already preparing to sign on without them.
Well, of course he is — that’s how Obama rolls. No Congress, no problem!
Which is why, even though reaching a climate change pact has become a top priority for the West Wing and part of nearly every conversation Obama has recently had with a foreign leader, Obama and his aides aren’t advertising it.
No kidding! This is the “transparent” White House that just informed the country that its machinations would no longer be subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Barry wants to pull off another unilateral policy coup without those pesky Republicans in Congress, whatever that is. But hey — we knew this was coming. Most presidents feel chastened after leading their party to two catastrophic off-year losses in Congress and in the statehouses. But not Barry Hussein; he made it clear right after the results were announced in November that he had no intention of hondling with Senate or the House about anything.
All the same, a global climate accord is what last November’s greenhouse gas agreement with China was leading up to. That’s what a big focus of his talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in New Delhi in January. And that’s why aides have been traveling to Lima, Bonn and Geneva, setting the terms for a deal that’s far bigger than the one Obama unenthusiastically committed to in 2009 in Copenhagen.
Since the Paris agreement would be voluntary and not a formal treaty, it’s seen as much more likely to get support around the world. And it can happen without the Senate taking any kind of vote on it.
Isn’t Caesarism wonderful? Good thing we have GOP majorities in both houses to check it.


Read more: http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/03/18/the-last-two-years-of-the-obama-administration-will-be-a-nightmare-heres-one-reason-why/#ixzz3UrzQV6ew

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

The UN Will Do Anything To Make Sure Iran Gets Its Nuclear Bomb Including Undercutting Congress's Right To Approve Treaties And Enforce Sanctions. What A Loser Organization!

Author(s):  Reuters
Source:  unitedwithisrael.org.     Article date: March 12th, 2015


The United Nations Security Council may consider lifting sanctions on Iran after a nuclear agreement is reached in order to prevent the United States from undermining the deal, according to a report by Reuters. Secretary of State John Kerry noted to the Congress on Wednesday that such an agreement is not legally binding, meaning that future presidents could choose not to implement it. That point was raised again in a letter by 47 Republican senators to Iranian leaders.
An anonymous western official told the news agency that those officials involved in the negotiations would consider a draft resolution for the UN Security Council to begin removing international sanctions.
“If there’s a nuclear deal, and that’s still a big ‘if’, we’ll want to move quickly on the U.N. sanctions issue.” The negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 have mostly focused on US and EU sanctions against Iran’s energy and financial sectors.
Kerry and Iran

US SecretaryKerry (R) and Iranian FM Zarif meet for negotiations. (Photo: Wikipedia)
Anonymous US officials confirmed the information to Reuters, noting that the P5 in the P5+1 referred to the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, and any resulting nuclear agreement would therefore receive UN support. “There is an interesting question about whether, if the Security Council endorses the deal, that stops Congress undermining the deal,” a Western diplomat said.
There are currently eight UN resolutions against Iran’s nuclear program, including four imposing sanctions. The resolutions ban uranium enrichment, and prohibit Iran from buying or selling nuclear technology and ballistics missile parts.
The US Constitution gives the President the responsibility for negotiating treaties, but grants the Senate power to reject treaties. It also allows the Congress to repeal treaties, even if the US is still considered obligated to follow the treaty under international law. This has led to the concern that, even if the P5+1 and Iran reach an agreement on the latter’s nuclear program, future US governments would not uphold the agreement. The repealing of UN sanctions would, however, be binding on the US and make it much more difficult to reinstitute the sanctions regime against Iran.