http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/senate-reaches-veto-proof-majority-on-iran-sanctions

WASHINGTON — Support for the Iran sanctions bill in the Senate has reached a veto-proof majority, according to a Senate aide close to the process.

“Based on the current counts that I’ve seen, it’s well above 67,” the aide said.

CNN’s Jim Sciutto reported on Twitter that the number of yes votes on the Kirk-Menendez sanctions bill had reached 77. The number is not exactly 77, the aide told BuzzFeed, but is above the two-thirds majority required to override a presidential veto. The aide declined to provide the specific whip count or to say which senators have joined on.

The White House responded to an uptick in support by demanding senators be “up front” about their intentions regarding military action in a strongly worded statement yesterday from National Security Council spokesperson Bernadette Meehan.

“If Congress passes this bill, it will be proactively taking an action that will make diplomacy less likely to succeed,” Meehan said. “The American people have been clear that they prefer a peaceful resolution to this issue. If certain members of Congress want the United States to take military action, they should be up front with the American public and say so. Otherwise, it’s not clear why any member of Congress would support a bill that possibly closes the door on diplomacy and makes it more likely that the United States will have to choose between military options or allowing Iran’s nuclear program to proceed.”

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If anyone needs more proof that a considerable portion of our govt is run by outside forces- God help them.

May those in our govt that are still Americans stand up.

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Permalink Reply by Frances Farmer on January 10, 2014 at 3:23pm

The White House statement, issued late Thursday, was the first time the administration had accused sanctions advocates of a concealed agenda.

It escalated the administration’s criticism of powerful Democratic legislators whom the White House needs on many issues, including Sen. Chuck E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), No. 3 in Senate Democratic leadership, and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

President Obama has identified the Iran nuclear deal as a top foreign policy priority, and he and other top administration officials have conducted an unusual all-out lobbying campaign to stop the bill.

The bill would seek to cut Iran’s all-important oil exports to near zero if the Islamic Republic fails to cooperate in negotiations that are expected to last six months to a year. The measure was introduced last month with 26 supporters, but now has 59, according to the official count. Advocates claim more will soon sign up.

Iran sanctions bills have had an almost unstoppable force in Congress. But the White House knows that Americans’ desire to avoid another Mideast war is also powerful.

One Senate aide said the White House’s statement “is an attempt play the antiwar card: They want to remind the senators that they could be blamed if diplomacy collapses and we’re looking at a bombing campaign.”

Several important lobby groups, including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, are working hard to build support for the measure. Several liberal pro-Israel groups, including J Street and Americans for Peace Now, are urging lawmakers to vote against it.

Advocates for the bill contend it will increase the likelihood of a successful negotiation by building further economic pressure on Iran. The critics maintain it would torpedo a deal by setting conditions that Iran would never accept.

One section, for example, says Obama can temporarily hold off sanctions only if he certifies that Iran “will dismantle Iran’s illicit nuclear infrastructure.”

“While Iran may agree in the end to dismantle some of its nuclear infrastructure, there is no realistic chance that it will dismantle all of its uranium enrichment capability,” Edward Levine, a longtime Senate Intelligence Committee aide, wrote in an analysis for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, an advocacy group.

A final showdown on the bill could come by the end of the month, some lobbyists believe.

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Permalink Reply by Not mainstreamer on January 10, 2014 at 4:10pm

If anyone needs more proof that a considerable portion of our govt is run by outside forces- God help them.

Source communicates the myth about [Wall St / AIPAC / JP Morgan] as Jewish supporters of Israel

J.P.Morgan Religion Episcopal

The Morgan name is traced to Carmarthen, Wales, and the first known Morgan family ancestral is Hyfaidd ap Bleddri, third son of Bledri of Wales.

Meaning Anglo-Saxon Khazarians, not Semitic

(WWIII is not about Israel, it is a Khazarian/Zion agenda (check "The Anglo Saxon Mission"). It is US weaponry and Americans that are going to destroy/be destroyed. Israel will predictable be extinguished before everything is over (if they are going to follow the scriptures that is what script says). AIPAC is Israelis worst friend. Same as last war)