Cruz Urges Trump to Send Iran Deal and Climate Agreement to Senate So They Can Fail

[mystery-ak]

Cruz Urges Trump to Send Iran Deal and Climate Agreement to Senate So They Can Fail
By Rick Moran Dec 22, 2020 4:28 PM ET

Senator Ted Cruz sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to send both the Iran nuclear agreement and Paris climate accords to the Senate for ratification. Since the Senate won’t agree to advise and consent to either deal, requesting a vote would force Biden into a confrontation and could precipitate a constitutional crisis.

Biden has promised to recommit the government to adhere to those two deals despite the enormous cost of the Paris climate deal and despite Iran’s rejection of U.N. inspectors and Iran’s public determination to enrich uranium far above the levels allowed in the agreement.

RealClearPolitics:

    “Your administration has rightly changed course as a matter of substantive policy by withdrawing from both the Iran Deal and the Paris Agreement. This was a great accomplishment for the American people,” Cruz wrote.

    “I urge you now also to remedy the harm done to the balance of powers by submitting the Iran Deal and the Paris Agreement to the Senate as treaties,” Cruz continued. “Only by so doing will the Senate be able to satisfy its constitutional role to provide advice and consent in the event any future administration attempts to revive these dangerous deals.”

What good would that do? It would, in essence, kill both deals. Biden wouldn’t dare to try to recommit the U.S. to either agreement after the Senate rejected them.

The arrogance of the Obama administration in ignoring the Senate was triggered by a belief that Senate approval of the deals would be too difficult and wouldn’t be worth the effort.

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[catfish1957]

Great move by Cruz, keeping his eye on the ball during all the static.

[MajorClay]

Brilliant idea.

[libertybele]

IF only for once Trump will listen to Cruz.  Hopefully he will.

[Elderberry]

This has been suggested for a while.

 

Will Trump send the Paris Agreement to the US Senate?
« on: November 30, 2020, 06:43:50 PM »

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/11/30/will-trump-send-the-paris-agreement-to-the-us-senate/

To prevent the Paris Climate Accord from taking on such undue power, Mr. Trump should submit it to the Senate, and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should schedule a quick vote. It would certainly be rejected—ratification requires a two-thirds vote—and it is unlikely any court could subsequently resurrect a legislatively tossed treaty. Without the help of judges, Mr. Biden would need a winning ratification vote to make the accord binding, which he likely couldn’t get no matter how well Democrats do in Georgia’s January runoffs and the 2022 midterm elections.