Iran Nuclear Deal Gains Momentum With Endorsements of Four House Democrats
Source: New York Times
Three House Democrats from New York and a House Democrat from Florida who is running for a Senate seat endorsed President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran on Monday, lending fresh momentum to the pact from political quarters that once appeared most leery of it.
In rapid succession, Representatives Nydia M. Velázquez, Gregory W. Meeks and Yvette Clarke of New York backed the deal, as did Representative Patrick Murphy, the Democratic establishment’s choice to compete for the Senate seat being vacated by the Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio. Mr. Murphy’s decision was the most surprising: Democratic leaders supporting the deal had written him off as he battles Representative Alan Grayson, a liberal who is leaning against the accord, for his party’s Senate nomination.
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The decisions by all four House members speak to the shifting politics of the Iran deal. For Democrats, especially those with potential primary competition, opposing the accord now appears to be a greater political risk than supporting it.
Mr. Meeks, Ms. Velázquez and Ms. Clarke were among the last New York City lawmakers to announce their views on the nuclear deal, which would lift punitive sanctions on Iran in exchange for the country’s dismantling of parts of its nuclear program and its allowing international inspections of certain facilities.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/01/us/politics/four-house-democrats-endorse-iran-deal.html?_r=0
two notes:
1) When will "The Congressman with Guts" find the courage to take a position on this?
2) Once again, in NYC we see a very sharp division by ethnicity, just like it was on the Iraq war. Every white member--except Jerry Nadler--from the NYC metro area is voting against the Iran deal, just like they voted for the Iraq war. Those opposing it are Jerry Nadler and the Latino and African-American members of Congress.
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