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Only one senator voted against this law:  [[Tom Cotton]], who explains that it violates the Constitution.  He explained:<ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/241355-senate-votes-to-approve-Iran-review-bill</ref>
 
Only one senator voted against this law:  [[Tom Cotton]], who explains that it violates the Constitution.  He explained:<ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/241355-senate-votes-to-approve-Iran-review-bill</ref>
 
{{cquote|A nuclear-arms agreement with any adversary—especially the terror-sponsoring, Islamist Iranian regime—should be submitted as a treaty and obtain a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate as required by the Constitution.}}
 
{{cquote|A nuclear-arms agreement with any adversary—especially the terror-sponsoring, Islamist Iranian regime—should be submitted as a treaty and obtain a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate as required by the Constitution.}}
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The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] has never addressed the constitutionality of this approach.
      
== Background ==
 
== Background ==
    
Senator [[Bob Corker]], a [[RINO]] from [[Tennessee]], introduced this bill as a compromise with respect to the proposed deal being negotiated by the [[Obama Administration]] with [[Iran]].
 
Senator [[Bob Corker]], a [[RINO]] from [[Tennessee]], introduced this bill as a compromise with respect to the proposed deal being negotiated by the [[Obama Administration]] with [[Iran]].
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== Constitutionality ==
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The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] has never addressed the constitutionality of this approach.
    
== References ==
 
== References ==

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