By RUDY TAKALA (@RUDYTAKALA) • 9/5/15 4:38 PM
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., will try to prevent the Senate from v****g on President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran.

In a statement issued on Saturday, Reid said that Democrats would attempt to use the filibuster to prevent the Senate from holding even a symbolic v**e on the issue, which would likely result in an embarrassing outcome for Democrats. "I recently informed Senator McConnell that after a period of robust debate, Democrats would be happy to proceed straight to a final passage v**e," Reid said in the statement, suggesting "robust debate" was a coy way of saying that the debate will not end unless Republicans can muster 60 v**es to do so.

Under the terms of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act passed earlier this year, the Senate has the option of v****g in favor of the deal, v****g against it or taking no action at all. If the Senate were to v**e against the deal, President Obama would still be able to veto the action. At least 67 v**es would be required to override such a veto.

Presently, Democrats have at least 38 v**es in favor of the deal. Just three — Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Ben Cardin, D-Md., have said they would join Republicans in v****g against it. If Republicans v**e in unison, that means at least 57 senators would v**e against the deal. While that would be short of the 67 required to override a veto, it would be enough to humiliate the administration.

The President has vowed to veto any legislation rejecting the 5 plus 1 Agreement. In order to override the veto it takes 2/3 majority of both bodies of congress v****g to override. In the senate that number is 67 out of 100, and in the House of Representatives the number is 290 out of 435. With 34 Senators deciding to v**e in favor of the agreement, the expected veto cannot be overridden no matter how the HOR v**es.

It takes 60 senate v**es to bring the legislation to the floor to be discussed. If Reid can convince 7 more Senators to support the agreement, he will have successfully blocked the bill from going to the floor for debate and discussion, and the agreement will be considered passed.

Although the Republicans control both houses of congress, they have to have bi-partisan support in order to get anything done. Since they failed to give support when the Democrats controlled both houses, it's unlikely they will garner Democrat support with their efforts. The old saying "wh**ever goes around, comes around" rings true in our congress.

The President has vowed to veto any legislation rejecting the 5 plus 1 Agreement. In order to override the veto it takes 2/3 majority of both bodies of congress v****g to override. In the senate that number is 67 out of 100, and in the House of Representatives the number is 290 out of 435. With 34 Senators deciding to v**e in favor of the agreement, the expected veto cannot be overridden no matter how the HOR v**es.

It takes 60 senate v**es to bring the legislation to the floor to be discussed. If Reid can convince 7 more Senators to support the agreement, he will have successfully blocked the bill from going to the floor for debate and discussion, and the agreement will be considered passed.

Although the Republicans control both houses of congress, they have to have bi-partisan support in order to get anything done. Since they failed to give support when the Democrats controlled both houses, it's unlikely they will garner Democrat support with their efforts. The old saying "wh**ever goes around, comes around" rings true in our congress.