(Wall Street Journal) Joseph I. Lieberman - As someone who has opposed the nuclear agreement with Iran, I acknowledge with regret that the deal will not be stopped by Congress. There are enough votes to adopt a resolution rejecting the agreement, but not enough votes to override the veto President Obama has promised. Yet Minority Leader Harry Reid and others are reportedly planning to filibuster the motion of disapproval and avoid a real vote on what is arguably the most important diplomatic agreement since the end of the Cold War. Supporting a filibuster is a separate question from supporting the agreement. It is unfair and unwise for the administration to use a procedural tactic to stop a vote on an agreement that, according to recent public opinion polls, is opposed by about 60% of the American people. The deal should be brought to a vote. The writer is a former four-term U.S. senator from Connecticut.
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