Here Are The 15 Democratic Senators Bucking The White House And Threatening War With Iran

[Jesus Malverde]

As the United States finally puts a decade of war behind it, a group of senators, including 15 Democrats, is defying the White House and threatening to push the country into a fresh war with Iran.

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) is leading the charge to pass legislation in January that would impose tougher sanctions on Iran, despite dire warnings from the White House, Iranian leaders, 10 Democratic committee chairs and a host of liberal groups that such an effort could sink a delicate nuclear agreement already in place. Under that Nov. 24 deal, Tehran would curb its nuclear program in exchange for some relief from economic sanctions for a period of six months.

The Senate bill, which has 19 Republican cosponsors, takes a hard line, levying new sanctions on Iran unless the country's leaders agree to abandon all uranium enrichment -- what some have called an "absurd" stance. In the past, both John Kerry, then a U.S. senator, and Mohamed ElBaradei, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, have said that Iran has the right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said earlier this month that if the Senate moved forward with its bill, the current nuclear deal would be dead. A senior Obama administration official went further, telling The Huffington Post that Senate action makes it "far more likely that we'll be left only with a military option" regarding Iran.

Here are the 15 Democratic senators willing to risk a war with Iran rather than let White House and Iranian leaders continue negotiations.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/23/senate-democrats-iran-war_n_4493636.html

If your senator is on this list. Please call their office and demand that they stand firm with President Obama and remain united in the face of right wing attacks. Your phone call can make a difference. Now is the time to step up and be heard.

[Scootaloo]

1. A list with no surprises

And yet there was another thread on this where no shortage of DU'ers were defending this garbage.

[MFM008]

2. They are not afraid of the President

He has let them get by with this crap. He needs to start kicking ass and taking democrat names. They think they are safe because of the state of the 2014 elections. This is a disgrace.

[Jesus Malverde]

3. I read the 15 senators are vulnerable in the next election.

They are assuming their own base is asleep on this issue, and don't care. The base is sick of war and ready for a new approach.

We need to let our senators know we are sick of war and right wing fear mongering.

If they want our support, they need to do the right thing. Tell them you'll donate in April and follow through if they do.

[Cha]

10. And, why should they be "afraid" of President Obama? Maybe it's their

constituents they're thinking of?

[MisterP]

20. ah--like Lamont, McKinney, Halter, Romanoff, Sestak, Grayson, Kucinich, and Buono!

[sabrina 1]

4. They are not Democrats, more infiltrators into the party. Time to get rid of all these war mongering

pretenders in our party.

15! Democrats? Who needs Republicans with Democrats doing their job for them??

Disgusting war mongering morons who care nothing about this country. Or its people. Thank you for that list.

On this issue the President needs a lot of support. It is up to the people to make it clear to them that they do not speak for us.

But we seem to be distracted with Duck people and people being ogled and what Sarah Palin had to say lately.

Time to focus on SAVING LIVES before they do it again and kill another million human beings for profit.

[WowSeriously]

5. But a D is a D, no matter how R.

Isn't that what we're told? If you don't vote for D then R will win?

This is how you fill the Ds with so many Rs.

[progressoid]

6. The list...

1. Sen. Robert Menendez (N.J.), the bill's sponsor

2. Sen. Mark Begich (Alaska)

3. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.)

4. Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.)

5. Sen. Ben Cardin (Md.)

6. Sen. Bob Casey (Pa.)

7. Sen. Chris Coons (Del.)

8. Sen. Joe Donnelly (Ind.)

9. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.)

10. Sen. Kay Hagan (N.C.)

11. Sen. Mary Landrieu (La.)

12. Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.)

13. Sen. Mark Pryor (Ark.)

14. Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.)

15. Sen. Mark Warner (Va.)

[MattSh]

7. Half of them from the "liberal" NE.

(Depending which states you include in the NE).

Seems the NE is not all that liberal, is it?

[Jesus Malverde]

14. Unfortunately we need to add Sen. Harry Reid. The great senator from Nevada to this list.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has begun a process that could allow the Senate to vote as soon as next month to impose new sanctions on Iran if talks on its nuclear program fail, Senate aides said on Friday, despite a White House veto threat.

Aides and lawmakers said Reid had filed Rule 14 for the sanctions bill, which allows him to bypass the normal process of bringing a bill for a Senate vote through committee.

A spokesman for Reid did not respond to requests for comment.

Reid's action sets the stage for a potential battle between more than 25 Republican and Democratic senators who are co-sponsoring the new Iran sanctions legislation and the Obama administration and its supporters in Congress, including the Democratic heads of 10 Senate committees



http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/us-iran-nuclear-congress-idUSBRE9BJ1DC20131220

Contact Harry and let him know it is NOT acceptable to undermine President Obama!

Tell him we expect the leadership of the Democratic Party to stand with President Obama and reject the right wing evil pushing us into another war.

http://www.reid.senate.gov/contact

202-224-3542
Toll Free for Nevadans: 1-866-SEN-REID

https://www.facebook.com/SenatorReid

[Jesus Malverde]

15. And Thanks for the List!...nt

[DeSwiss]

8. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ :-| n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. Always.

[Scuba]

16. Yep, follow the money and you'll likely find it leads back to defense contractors.

[blkmusclmachine]

9. DINOs

Send them packing.

[woo me with science]

11. Gee, seems a lot of us predicted we'd be hearing this again.

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Isn't that mysterious? With a "representative" government and all?

These are not "Democrats." They are infiltrating Third Way corporate fascists.

The Corporate Fascism Party now rules America, and it works in both Democratic and Republican costumes.

[grahamhgreen]

12. Kick!

[Bohunk68]

17. I see that Schumer and Gillibrand

are on the list. Seeing as how Schumer seems to think he is the Ambassador from Israel, doesn't surprise me and that he coerced Gillibrand doesn't surprise me either. A couple more phone calls and emails, I guess.

[woo me with science]

18. kick

[Jesus Malverde]

19. morning bump...

[whatchamacallit]

21. This is the problem with blind party affiliation

An example can be seen here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4222626

Any asshole can run for any party. Support politicians for their positions and records, not the increasingly meaningless letter after their names.