"'The world avoided nuclear catastrophe, and we created the time and the space to win the Cold War without firing a shot at the Soviets. The deal with Iran, reached after twenty months of negotiations...builds on this tradition of strong, principled policy diplomacy."'Should Congress prevail in undermining ...this strong, principled policy diplomacy, we would have reached a shameful moment in U.S. foreign policy.'"
Looking back on these days prior to the final September 17 vote in Congress, we will have to remember two traveling congressional delegations who by their trips to Israel, will have contributed mightily to that shame.
Leaders of the two congressional delegations did not release the names of the members on the trip. The website Mondoweiss, however , posted this picture of 20 of the traveling Democrats.
President Reuven Rivlin, House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer and Democratic Congressional delegation to Israel met in Jerusalem to discuss the IranDeal and other regional matters.
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The Washington Post concluded that "Democrats are expected to be the swing votes in the pact because most Republicans already oppose the agreement...
"Congress can vote to reject the nuclear agreement, but it would take a two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate to override a presidential veto of any attempt to derail the deal."
Whatever the outcome of the final vote on the Iran nuclear agreement, history will record that three freshman Democrats chose not to travel with the delegation to listen to Obama-bashing on foreign soil.
They chose diplomacy over "a fantasy," as President Obama put it this week.
Their names: Representatives Don Beyer (D-Virginia), Debbie Dingel (D-Michigan) and Norma Torres (D-California). Remember them well.
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